Harrop: New York Rat Pack on the rise in Trump White House
All the sleaze of Sinatra's but without the cool.
Anthony Scaramucci is two things Jeff Sessions is not. One, he is a New Yorker. Two, he is a New Yorker who made a bundle in finance.
It matters not that the new White House communications director once called Donald Trump a hack politician on Fox Business. Or that Scaramucci has said he is for gay marriage, opposes the death penalty, doesnt want a wall with Mexico, is pro-choice and worries about climate change.
OK, so he gave money to Hillary Clintons campaign and tweeted: I like Hillary. Have to go with the best athlete. Big deal. All is forgiven.
Im a New Yorker. Hes a New Yorker, Scaramucci said on TV. Were allowed to go at it a little bit.
The former senator from Alabama is definitely not a New Yorker. That Sessions gave up much, his dignity included, to loyally serve the president also does not matter. Sessions played a key role in getting Trump elected, herding so-called social conservatives into a libertines camp. Trump held his first big rally in Mobile. He returned to the Azalea City shortly after the election to soak up more adoration.
Trumps public humiliation of Sessions did expose the one-sided nature of their relationship. Trump told The New York Times, of all people, that he regrets making Sessions the attorney general. He slammed Sessions for giving bad answers during his confirmation hearing. Sessions took it on the chin.
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