Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) blamed the tension between President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE on the media Tuesday, adding that media coverage distracts from the Trump administration's agenda.

Strange, who succeeded Sessions after his appointment to the top Justice Department post, praised the attorney general in a Twitter statement and called him “a man of the utmost integrity.”

“Jeff and President Trump are trying to make America great again, and it’s a privilege to work alongside both to accomplish the Trump agenda for the American people, and we need to stop letting the media distract us from that agenda,” Strange’s tweet read.

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President Trump made scathing comments about Sessions after the attorney general recused himself from the probe into the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia in the 2016 election. Trump called Sessions's decision to recuse himself “unprofessional” and said that he wouldn’t have appointed him to his role if he would have known he wouldn’t be part of the Russia probe.

Trump was reportedly considering replacing Sessions with either former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) or Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy Murkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE (R-Texas), but both have denied that they are being considered for the post.

Sessions, who was one of Trump’s earliest supporters as a senator in Alabama, campaigned heavily for Trump ahead of the election. GOP senators came out in support of Sessions after Trump’s attacks and defended his decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe.