Senate Republicans from the South took issue with President Trump’s reportedly derisive comments about Attorney General Jeff Sessions, reminding him that he wouldn’t have been elected if it weren’t for support from Southern states.

According to a new book set for release by Bob Woodward, Trump reportedly said that Sessions was a “dumb southerner,” “mentally retarded,” and mocked the former Alabama senator’s accent. Senate Republicans didn’t take kindly to that, many of whom are allies of Sessions and don’t want him removed from atop the Justice Department.

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