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[Torokil]

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/...ck-senator-jeff-sessions-for-attorney-general

President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, according to two sources.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Trump has formally offered the job to Sessions, a lawyer who was an early and ardent Trump backer, but the sources said Trump wants Sessions in the role.

Just a reminder of who Sessions is

At Sessions' confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four Department of Justice lawyers who had worked with Sessions testified that he had made several racist statements. One of those lawyers, J. Gerald Hebert, testified that Sessions had referred to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as "un-American" and "Communist-inspired" because they "forced civil rights down the throats of people."[13]

Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot." Sessions later said that the comment was not serious, but apologized for it.[14] Figures also testified that on one occasion, when the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent the office instructions to investigate a case that Sessions had tried to close, Figures and Sessions "had a very spirited discussion regarding how the Hodge case should then be handled; in the course of that argument, Mr. Sessions threw the file on a table, and remarked, 'I wish I could decline on all of them,'" by which Figures said Sessions meant civil rights cases generally. After becoming Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, Sessions was asked in an interview about his civil rights record as a U.S Attorney. He denied that he had not sufficiently pursued civil rights cases, saying that "when I was [a U.S. Attorney], I signed 10 pleadings attacking segregation or the remnants of segregation, where we as part of the Department of Justice, we sought desegregation remedies."[15]

 

[demosthenes]

Going to donate to the ACLU under sessions name.

 

[darkwing]

what the, at least it's not Giuliani

 

[Torokil]

there is no way romney joins this mess

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Alabama Man!

 

[Funky Papa]

Should have picked Cthulhu, America.

 

[MechaX]

what the, at least it's not Giuliani

"Stop and Frisk all day" vs. "They're just forcing Civil Rights down peoples' throats"

Whoever wins, I lose.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot." Sessions later said that the comment was not serious, but apologized for it

He later clarified, ’I lied. The Ku Klux Klan has always been okay with me.'

 

[Tobor]

Should have picked Cthulhu, America.

Are you sure we didn't?

 

[Red]

there is no way romney joins this mess

Is it worrh having a sane voice in the asylum?

 

[jason10mm]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

EDIT: I read this article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...ns-racist-remarks_us_582cd73ae4b099512f80c0c2) which has way more specific testimony. So yeah, I'm changing my mind, this guy shouldn't be AG (or in any public office).

 

[SliceSabre]

Jeff Session: "We are in a post racism America as such I don't think we need to resort so many resources toward Civil Rights Act or Voting Rights Act enforcement!"

On the first day on the job.

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

He doesn't need to pursue a racist agenda. He'll just probably ignore it entirely!

 

[MechaX]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

Do... I even want to go down the rabbit hole of why you feel and think this way? (fuck Poe's Law, I trust no one after this election)

Plus, pursuing a racist agenda is much different from turning a blind eye or being indifferent to things of racial import which has negative repercussions for said PoCs (which Sessions has actually done). So let's exacerbate by that problem by putting him as head legal counsel of the country.

 

[djplaeskool]

Hold on to your weed, America.
Sessions is one of the most rabidly anti-cannabis politicians in the nation, and a self professed "Fan of the DEA"

 

[HarryHengst]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

Good joke there buddy!

 

[metalslimer]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

.....

 

[Caelus]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

Poe's law has finally broken me this year.

 

[Darryl M R]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

This level of trolling or stupidity is why racism is being normalized.

 

[Barzul]

Black folks, we're in for a long ride here.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

This level of trolling or stupidity is why racism is being normalized.

.

 

[charsace]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

Can't believe I am reading something like this in 2016. He's a racist.

 

[natjjohn]

Hold on to your weed, America.
Sessions is one of the most rabidly anti-cannabis politicians in the nation, and a self professed "Fan of the DEA"

Unfortunate.

Anybody wanna raid?

 

[Darryl M R]

Black folks, we're in for a long ride here.

We've honestly been through this before, but this time there is no hiding the racism that plagues this country. People may still try to deny it though.

 

[Barzul]

We've honestly been through this before, but this time there is no hiding the racism that plagues this country. People may still try to deny it though.

Man I didn't want to have to put up with 1960's-1970's level policing in 2017. It's about to get much worse.

 

[SliceSabre]

Black folks, we're in for a long ride here.

You know its crazy to think back and long for Bush style Republicanism that just ignored us.

 

[Darryl M R]

Man I didn't want to have to put up with 1960's-1970's level policing in 2017. It's about to get much worse.

I feel you on that. I'll see if I can replicate the Luke Cage experiment for all of us.

 

[Korigama]

Calling the NAACP "un-american" is racist? Come on, they are really reaching. It is pretty clear he won't be a personal champion of PoC but that doesn't mean he will pursue a racist agenda.

...This is actually a serious post, isn't it?

 

[Tarkus]

He accepted the AG position

 

[sprsk]

Yeah, the guy that has a confederate flag on his desk?

 

[Diablos]

Pot friendly states are doomed. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[LiK]

Fuck this guy.

 

[klonere]

The no weed thing isn't going to sit well with /pol/

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

Sessions for AG, didn't see that one coming. Wondering who he is thinking for Sec Def then.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Hooray.

/s

 

[Diablos]

The no weed thing isn't going to sit well with /pol/

They voted for it. There's definitely a bit of a silver lining there knowing these morons had no place peddling their bullshit not even understanding what Trump's Presidency would really look like. Their quality of life is only going to get worse, and as cold as it sounds that makes me happy.

What will they do when Trump kills net neutrality and it becomes harder for them to listen to EDM and make fun of black people on twitter? Poor babies!

 

[Rentahamster]

He could do better. But will he?

 

[Funky Papa]

The no weed thing isn't going to sit well with /pol/

Wait till they see the new indecency/porn laws.

 

[Torokil]

The no weed thing isn't going to sit well with /pol/

Weed means nothing to them.

If Sessions cracks down on internet porn however....

 

[Darryl M R]

Weed means nothing to them.

If Sessions cracks down on internet porn however....

Please crack it down. I'll take that hit for them to forever hate their decision.

 

[DudeWithNoName]

2018 can't come soon enough. Our first chance to start tossing Republicans.

 

[Diablos]

2018 can't come soon enough. Our first chance to start tossing Republicans.

Democrats (as in the party) need to grow up and figure out what they want to be first.

 

[Averon]

2018 can't come soon enough. Our first chance to start tossing Republicans.

Hoping the Dem do well in 2018 is setting yourself up for disappointment.

 

[Dierce]

Can't believe I am reading something like this in 2016. He's a racist.

This is precisely what the alt-right set out to achieve. They have embraced outright lies to openly manipulate people and the media.

 

[commedieu]

This level of trolling or stupidity is why racism is being normalized.

It's always not what we think it is but some sort of ambiguity that some how just happens to attract endorsements of white supremacists.

 

[Meicyn]

2018 can't come soon enough. Our first chance to start tossing Republicans.

It's going to get worse before it gets better, I think. I fear a filibuster-proof majority for Republicans in 2018.

 

[Pagusas]

2018 can't come soon enough. Our first chance to start tossing Republicans.

Thats cute, you think thats actually going to happen.

 

[Dram]

2018 can't come soon enough. Our first chance to start tossing Republicans.

If Democrats weren't willing to come out in force for the election, I doubt they'll do it for the midterms.

 

[broncobuster]

Hold on to your weed, America.
Sessions is one of the most rabidly anti-cannabis politicians in the nation, and a self professed "Fan of the DEA"

Will he be fine with Trump taking bumps in meetings?

 

[giga]

Scary times for PoC. I don't see Sessions pursuing any civil rights cases against police brutality and I only see the FBI's reach expanding even further to target minorities. Stay woke people.

 

[Shadybiz]

Wait till they see the new indecency/porn laws.

....Going to buy about a 4 TB hard drive this weekend....I've got some (legal) downloading to do.