Jeff Sessions Confirms He is Open to Being Trump’s VP or in His Cabinet
By David Catanese – US News
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama says he is open to serving as Donald Trump’s running mate, describing it as a potential opportunity to work in a “historically positive administration.”
The 69-year-old Republican, currently in his fourth term, made the rare acknowledgement of interest in a higher office to U.S. News in an interview on Thursday, stressing that he has had no conversations with the Trump campaign about the vice presidency.
“I would have no objection to serving in a Trump administration, but I’m not pushing for that. I’m not expecting it to happen, but I don’t want it being reported that I wouldn’t take and wouldn’t consider serving in a Trump administration because I think it could be a historically positive administration,” Sessions says.
Sessions, who became the first sitting U.S. senator to endorse Trump back in February, is the New York billionaire’s chief liaison on Capitol Hill. He speaks to Trump several times a week by phone, including on Thursday morning before Trump clinched the 1,237 delegates officially needed to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Sessions was drawn to Trump by his hard-line immigration stance and pledge to erect a wall on the Mexican border, as well his blistering critique of American trade deals that both men believe have hollowed out the country’s manufacturing sector and sucked away jobs.
Though he demurred when asked whom he thought would make a smart running mate for Trump, Sessions said that on balance, a governing partner is more critical than a choice based on electoral significance.
“The best politics and the best substance is to try to get the best person you can get, somebody who would be a good president. The people will see that – somebody you trust and feel like you could work with and somebody who can help you govern,” Sessions says. “[President John] Kennedy and [Vice President Lyndon] Johnson apparently never got along very well. It’s better if you get along with your vice president.”
Trump has assembled a preliminary, malleable list of potential vice presidential selections, which includes Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Sessions. Advisers say Trump’s goal is to unveil his selection the week of the Republican National Convention in July, but there’s no indication a formal vetting process is underway.
“I’ve never talked to him about anything for me,” Sessions says. “He’ll decide who he wants to pick. It is a big thing and it does need to be done right.”
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Is a Trump-Sessions Ticket your favorite? Or do you prefer a different Vice President?
I TRUST TRUMP TO PICK THE ONE HE CAN WORK WITH. I THINK SESSIONS OR NEWT GINGRICH. WOULD BE COMPATIBLE.