Donald Trump received his first Senate endorsement at a rally Sunday evening in Alabama, just two days before Super Tuesday.
“I am pleased to endorse Donald Trump for president,” Sessions said to a crowd that Trump described as the “biggest crowd of the political season,” tallied at about 32,000.
“I told Donald Trump, this isn’t a campaign, this a movement,” the Alabama senator and Tea Party favorite said to wild applause upon taking the stage. “I believe that the movement is afoot, that must not fade away. It has the potential to have the American people’s voices heard for a change.”
Sessions’s endorsement is the latest sign that Trump’s candidacy is gaining momentum within the GOP’s establishment. He spoke for just a few minutes before ceding the stage to the front-runner. Trump received his first two congressional endorsements last week, as well as the backing of two Republican governors — most notably, former GOP presidential rival Chris Christie of New Jersey. ...
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