President Donald Trump’s unfiltered friend and informal adviser Roger Stone called on him Saturday to fire “insubordinate hillbilly” Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Stone, speaking at the right-wing “Mother of All Rallies” in Washington, also said Trump should axe Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But the “hillbilly” hit on Sessions could be another possible sign of brewing trouble with Trump’s supporters in the South. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) pointed out how important votes in the South were to Trump’s victory. “I guess the president ... says what he thinks,” Shelby told the Post.

Source: Huffington Post September 09, 2018 06:56 UTC