Why Trump Is Firing Sessions Now
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The New York Times
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🗓️ 8 November 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the New York Times, I'm Michael Arboro. |
| 0:02.4 | This is the deal. |
| 0:04.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:09.4 | Today, after more than a year of mercilessly mocking his attorney general, |
| 0:16.0 | President Trump fires Jeff Sessions. |
| 0:19.3 | Why the time, only hours after the midterm elections, |
| 0:23.3 | is not a coincidence. |
| 0:25.5 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:28.0 | It's Thursday, November 8th. |
| 0:31.3 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:33.5 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:34.4 | When I talk about immigration and when I talk about illegal immigration and all the problems with crime and everything else, |
| 0:41.7 | I think of a great man and I want to just introduce you to him for a second. |
| 0:46.8 | Do you know who I'm talking about? Who am I talking about? |
| 0:49.3 | Nobody knows right now because we've kept it a surprise. |
| 0:53.4 | Senator Jeff Sessions. |
| 0:57.3 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 1:00.4 | I still remember the image of Sessions' endorsement of Trump. |
| 1:06.7 | Wow! What a crowd this is! |
| 1:09.8 | Him and Trump in February of 2016 are at a rally down in Alabama. |
| 1:16.6 | I told Donald Trump, this isn't a campaign, this is a movement. |
| 1:22.3 | He is the first major national politician to endorse Donald Trump. |
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