(Video above: Sen. Sessions speaks at CPAC)
One of the most widely-read conservative news sites, Breitbart News, declared Friday that Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush are battling for the “soul of the GOP.”
Last weekend at the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC), Sen. Sessions decried the influence of major GOP donors, who he often refers to as the “masters of the universe,” who he says are doing everything they can to propel Mr. Bush to the Republican nomination.
“Right now, there are two conferences—one of them in public where candidates are out there having to speak and defend and answer questions on their views and on their positions on important issues facing America,” Sessions said. “Many people at this conference here and watching it from abroad are evaluating them, judging them and asking themselves whether or not their visions, their ideas, their character will be used to advance the interests of the American people and this republic—and that’s the way it ought to be.”
But Sessions said “others (were) meeting” at the same time in private — namely the aforementioned “major GOP donors” — to discuss candidates who were “serious” about supporting their views on immigration, which Sen. Sessions believe amount to amnesty.
Sen. Sessions went on to call out Mr. Bush’s position on the issue, mentioning comments made Mitt Romney’s former top fundraising aide Spencer Zwick, who praised “Jeb Bush’s stance on immigration, saying the party should follow his lead if the party hopes to win back the White House.”
“I’ll tell you one thing: It’s the people of this country that run this country,” Sessions said. “Contributions and supporters are always important in presidential elections and other elections too, but votes trumps money.”
While CPAC attendees cheered Sen. Sessions, they would later boo and protest Gov. Bush during his speech on the conference’s main stage.
Check out Sen. Sessions’ entire speech in the video above, and Breitbart’s article by following this link.
