Attorney General Jeff Sessions is Coming … or Going?

Ever since his confirmation as United States Attorney
General, I have taunted wayward politicians and sanctuary cities in California:
“Jeff Sessions is coming!” Some of my opponents have retorted that Sessions is
about to be fired. I say “He’s on fire.”

But with the latest twitter and interview storm from
President Trump, I am not sure what to think.

Is it time for Sessions to go?

My first criticism rested on AG Sessions’ threat to cut off
federal funding to all sanctuary jurisdictions. I applauded his extended
official letters to these outlaw cities—as well as the entire state of
California—to comply with federal immigration laws or lose vital funding.

“Why hasn’t the funding been cut yet?” I complained to some
of my activist colleagues. “The federal courts are holding up the order.”
That’s right. The bad liberal lawyers in black dresses have been thwarting or
delaying President Trump’s agenda. That’s not the Attorney General’s fault!

Impatience is a guiding mindset for many conservatives.
After 8 years of Obama, we want our country back! We want Trump to Make America
Great Again, and we want it done right away. Can you blame us?

In the furtherance of these goals, President Trump has every
right to criticize his staff and his executive board. If he doesn’t like
certain things that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is doing, he has a right to
say so. Despite the growing fixation on the slowly boiling rift between the
President and the Attorney General, Trump has also taunted US Senators for
their hesitation to repeal Obamacare. Further reports indicate that Trump is
actively searching for a primary challenger to Jeff Flake, the flimsy
amnesty-pandering Never Trumper who still refuses to respect Trump.

I have no problem with these jabs. Let’s not forget that
Trump has playfully threatened Health and Human Services Secretary about the
imminent and necessary repeal of Obamacare. Again, I have no problem with these
subtle jabs and threats.

However, I still think that the criticisms between the
President and his Attorney General are somewhat disconcerting, and something to
be taken seriously.

For me, though, I see no long-term reason to be upset with
the Attorney General.

To be fair, I will outline my own frustrations with
Sessions’ tenure as chief law enforcement officer:

1. He has committed to increasing civil asset forfeiture to
counteract the violent yet pervasive drug trade. That is a big no-no for me.
One of the landmark achievements of my state assemblyman last year, the first
Republican elected to represent me in Sacramento, rested on his ability to
shepherd through key legislation to reform and limit this legalized version of
government theft.

Sorry, Jeff, but you are wrong on this one.

2. I also don’t believe that prosecuting marijuana use
should be high on his list.

3. Nor do I agree that gay marriage is settled law, as he
had stated during his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Of course, the future
on this will not be resolved by one attorney general or even within President
Trump’s first term.

4. Yes, I do believe his recusal on Russia was a bad move,
caving to media-hyped political pressures. I am so tired of hearing about
Russia. This nonsensical dystopian fantasy is the only thing that keeps the
Democratic Party viable to solicit donations—and even now it’s not working.

5. He needs to go after Crooked Hillary and Creepy Comey.
What’s the hold-up?

Now let’s consider Sessions’ accomplishments:

1. He has expedited necessary rulings on President Trump’s
travel ban. He has never hesitated to push for clarity on these matters as
quickly as possible.

2. Under the Trump Administration and through Sessions’
prosecution, child molestation and human trafficking has been exposed and
prosecuted at an unprecedented level. That is excellent, and the media carries
more shame for not reporting on these staggering moral and legal victories.

3. Sessions has targeted MS-13 and other criminal international
(as well as illegal) gangs. From Upstate New York to Southern California, the
heinous, vile street gangs are feeling the heat like never before.

4. Sessions has renewed and ensured protections for our
First Amendment rights, specifically religious liberties. This is huge,
considering the unprecedented and unjust assault from President Obama.

5. Let’s not forget what we can be sure will not happen
under Sessions, like the unjustified attacks on the Second Amendment, including
the diminished prosecution of violent gun crimes.

I can best frame my response to the Sessions controversies
through Rush Limbaugh’s recent assessment: “[Trump] thought Sessions was a
bull-in-the-china-shop fighter like Trump is. It’s also a little bit
discomforting, unseemly, for Trump to go after such a loyal supporter this
way.”

Sessions is not a bull, but a Southern Gentleman. As a
long-standing jurist, both as lawyer and a judicial nominee, Sessions by
training will not engage in outspoken media frenzies. The same holds true for
Trump’s other appointees. As for judging Trump’s frustrations as “unseemly”, I
disagree. There is nothing wrong with faulting our closest friends and
colleagues when they do not compete and commit to actions in the best interests
of the country. Just because he was the first US Senator to endorse Trump does
not make him immune from criticism or dismissal. For Trump to overlook Sessions’
failings, wouldn’t that be considered a political conflict of interest?

I love Jeff Sessions. He has been the most vocal and
consistent champion of working Americans, and the most vocal, unswerving critic
of massive legal immigration as well as a hardliner on illegal immigration.
Most pundits focused on Arizona’s immigration laws from 2013. They neglect to
reflect on Alabama’s, which were harsher and even more effective.

President Trump should temper his overt criticism. Let Sessions
restore the rule of law and order. Let’s hope Sessions fights more and takes on
the crime and corruption within the Deep State. If Sessions’ recusal hinders
his ability to prosecute government crime and corruption, then he should step
down for the greater good of the country.