President Donald Trump will throw even more support behind Tommy Tuberville in the Alabama Senate race by flying down to Mobile to attend his campaign rally on July 14.
Tuberville, the former Auburn University football coach, is running against former U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions, who once held the same office in 2017 before leaving to serve as U.S. attorney general.
Mobile is Sessions' hometown and Trump's attendance is meant to be a slight to the former attorney general. The Trump campaign referred to Sessions as "delusional" for sending out mailers that indicated the candidate's ties to the president.
"The people of Alabama will not be told who to vote for by anyone in Washington," Sessions tweeted on Monday morning. "As recent experience demonstrates, in Alabama we make our own decisions on who will represent us in the US Senate. It's always a good day when the President of the United States visits Alabama."
Sessions, the first senator to back Trump in the 2016 presidential election, is in a tight race with Tuberville, who is taking his first crack at holding elected office. Sessions held the Alabama senate seat for 20 years before leaving after Trump tapped him as attorney general.
Sessions angered Trump after he recused himself from the Russian investigation. That led Trump to fire Sessions in 2018.
Trump attacked Sessions and officially backed Tuberville last month on Twitter. Sessions responded on the social media platform with his own jab.
"I know your anger, but recusal was required by law," Sessions tweeted in May. "I did my duty & you're damn fortunate I did. It protected the rule of law & resulted in your exoneration. Your personal feelings don't dictate who Alabama picks as their senator, the people of Alabama do."
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