As the Republican primary season progressed, it became clear to Sessions and Bannon that Trump could be the vessel for their brand of Republicanism. Back in August 2015, Bannon emailed a friend, according to The Daily Beast, that while he felt good about other candidates like Ted Cruz, he was ready to pick Trump, because he was “a nationalist who embraces” Sessions’s immigration plan.
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Department of Justification, via @nytimes nytimes.com/2017/02/28/mag…
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Adam Scott (@mradamscott) March 05, 2017
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