President Trump’s campaign has sent a letter to the Jeff Sessions campaign accusing Sessions of misleading voters by aligning himself with President Trump in campaign materials.

The letter is in response to a Sessions fund-raising letter that mentioned the president 22 times and called Sessions the president’s No. 1 supporter.

“We only assume your campaign is doing this to confuse President Trump’s loyal supporters in Alabama into believing the President supports your candidacy in the upcoming primary run-off election," the letter says. "Nothing could be further from the truth.“

Trump has endorsed Tommy Tuberville in the runoff for the Republican nomination for the Senate. Trump campaign official Michael Glassner reiterated that point in the March 31 letter to the Sessions campaign, saying the president “unambiguously” endorsed the former Auburn University football coach.

“President Trump and his Campaign do not support your efforts to return to the U.S. Senate,” Glassner wrote. “We demand that you and your campaign immediately stop circulating mailers—or any other similar communication—that wrongly suggest otherwise.”

Sessions campaign spokesman John Rogers issued a statement in response.

“The people of Alabama are going to decide this race, not Washington,” Rogers said. "Alabamians are an independent lot and they make their own decisions. Our campaign is resolutely focused on the important challenges facing America, and the critical issues to Alabama and our economy. There’s no doubt that Jeff Sessions is ready to lead from Day One.

"Jeff Sessions is the only person in this race who has the knowledge and toughness to hold China accountable for its cover-up of the Wuhan Virus, to end illegality at the border, and to defend the great American heritage of law, liberty, and prosperity. That is what this race is all about. Tommy Tuberville will not be able to hide his lack of preparedness for this role. Tommy should quit hiding from these issues and the voters of Alabama—it’s time for him to man up, and debate.”

According to the Sessions’ campaign, the letter in question was in the process of being mailed before Trump endorsed Tuberville. The fund-raising letter was mailed on March 6, and the Trump endorsement came four days later, the Sessions campaign said.

Sessions was the first U.S. senator to endorse Trump in the 2016 campaign and later served as attorney general in the Trump administration. But Trump turned against Sessions after Sessions recused himself from the investigation into whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to affect the 2016 campaign. The dispute eventually forced Sessions to resign as attorney general.

Sessions has said professional standards required him to recuse because he worked in the Trump campaign.

Updated at 6:28 p.m. to say that fund-raising letter went out before the Trump endorsement.