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There's been this attempt to block Donald Trump, in primary candidates and Democrats, that - to try to make everything he says some sort of extreme overstatement.

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Jeff Sessions
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 24
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We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy.
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We believe that people should wait their time, and people should be able to be accepted here - over a million a year - in an orderly process, not a disorderly process, and that we should not be rewarding those who violate the law, and making even harder for those who try to comply with the law.
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We should create an America in which it's - we can - Americans have a better chance to progress wages and job prospects, and we can do that.
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In retrospect there were failures enough to go around. There were failures before the storm and failures after the storm.
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Instead of engaging on the merits and saying, Well, we want an open border, you know, we really do, and that's all good for America because they know the people will reject that, they [the elites] attack Donald Trump as an extremist, which I think is unfair.
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Amnesty will not help balance our budget ... In fact, a large-scale amnesty is likely to add trillions of dollars to the debt over time, accelerate Medicare's and Social Security's slide into insolvency and put enormous strain on our public-assistance programs.
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[Donald] Trump is going to appeal better to African Americans, Hispanics, and others than previous Republican candidates because he's talking about what they want: a fair chance to have a better life economically.
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I grew up, really, in the country.When I was a kid there were three country stores, a railroad depot, and a post office.
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I am not the Jeff Sessions my detractors have tried to create. I am not a racist. I am not insensitive to blacks.
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It's perfectly reasonable and responsible policy for any nation to maintain its sovereignty, to protect its borders. And [Donald] Trump does not believe in ending immigration. He's never proposed that.
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I've supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness for all.
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Encouraging self-sufficiency must be a bedrock for our immigration policy, with the goal of reducing poverty, strengthening the family, and promoting our economic values. But Administration officials and their policies are working actively against this goal.
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[My father] was interested. He read the newspapers and read Time and U.S. News and World Report and people in stores would come along, you know, and they would talk politics.
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I am totally committed to maintaining the freedom and equality America has to provide to every citizen.
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At least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal.
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Donald Trump believed that the whole history of trade agreements, most of which I've supported over the years, have not been effective, and I've come to believe he's right.
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I would acknowledge that [Paul] Ryan has some really good ideas about things, and I think they'll get together, like taxes. Larry Kudlow, Stephen Moore, they've been supportive of Ryan's tax view and now they're very supportive of [Donald] Trump's. So I think that's got potential.
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More taxes, more regulation, more Washington domination, more debt. Those things are not the future for America. They will never work.
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How is it appropriate for a judge ever to say that they will choose to see some facts and not others?
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My parents, both of them had teachers in their family and were pretty well read. So my father voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower.
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