A key member of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions’ staff announced his departure Wednesday to join the news website LifeZette, a move that seems to signal Sessions will not be chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate.
“After five tremendously rewarding years working as Communications Advisor to America’s Senator, the great Jeff Sessions of Alabama, I want to let you know I have accepted a position with Laura Ingraham’s LifeZette, where on Monday I will begin as Senior Editor,” Garrett Murch said in an email.
Senator Jeff Sessions speaks next to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally at Madison City Schools Stadium in Madison, Alabama February 28, 2016. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
Trump has named Sessions as a possible running mate, and Sessions himself has said he would be open to taking the position. One former member of Sessions’ staff, Stephen Miller, is now a senior policy adviser for Trump.
With Murch leaving, it doesn’t seem Sessions will be picked as the vice presidential nominee. If Murch thought Sessions would be chosen, it seems likely he would have waited a week for Trump to announce before leaving the office.