Source : Jeff Sessions Currently the Most Likely Trump Vice President
In the betting markets of Predictit, betters have put Jeff Sessions in the current lead for Donald Trump’s Vice President, with Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie trailing as 2nd and 3rd.
This is consistent with a recent Newmax report by John Gizzi
With less than a month to go before the Republican National Convention (RNC) that will make Donald Trump’s nomination for president official, sources close to the billionaire candidate told Newsmax Wednesday that his top choice, at the moment, as his vice presidential running mate is Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
Requesting anonymity, the sources told us that Trump feels personally comfortable with swashbuckling conservative Sessions, 69, who was the first member of the Senate to endorse his candidacy and who frequently speaks with him.
The square Sessions seems to fit many square holes for Trump: he’s conservative and nails down the party’s right flank, he endorsed Trump early and has been extremely loyal, he has Washington legislative experience — a key requirement — and importantly, he can be totally trusted never to criticize Trump no matter what he might say in the coming months.
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sessions has already had a “strong impact.” His immigration legislation has already been the cornerstone of Trump’s Mexico and deportation policies. Sessions played a key role in creating Trump’s surprise list of a dozen Supreme Court appointees he would consider. The list pleased conservatives and was particularly responsible for Trump naming Judge William Pryor (who succeeded Sessions as state attorney general of Alabama) as a top choice, a source said.
Moreover, judged the fifth-most-conservative U.S. senator by the “National Journal,” and with lifetime ratings of 96 percent from the American Conservative Union and 80 percent from the Heritage Action Fund, insiders say by picking Sessions Trump will be able to stake positions more in the center and even to the left of Hillary Clinton.
“The selection will reassure conservatives,” said Franklin & Marshall College Professor G. Terry Madonna. “Sessions is one of the more conservative senators — that should be reassuring to economic conservatives and the religious right.”
Among issues where Sessions has been a leader on the right have been as a hard-line opponent of illegal immigration, Obamacare, and abortion. He was a leading proponent of tax cuts under the George W. Bush administration and helped lead the fight against repeal of the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” rule regarding gays in the military.
H/T – Newsmax
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