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[Slayven]

Any lower and they'll turn into morlocks

We prefer the term CHUDs

 

[DerangedHermit]

What does this mean??

It means that someone who once prosecuted black voters in Alabama for ...voting has been appointed US attorney general.

 

[Metroidvania]

Fucking disgusting.

Can't wait for all the 'I'm not a racist, I voted for economic policy' people to tell their congresspeople to denounce/deny him.

Remember when Trump was going to shake up the establishment instead of appointing racist AND establishment people?

Won't matter to his base in the slightest.

 

[BrokenFiction]

1980's republicans ≠ 2016's republicans

All politics is local. If the guy in Louisiana wins, the senate is 49-51. If just 2 GOP senators decide to vote no b/c of pressure, he's out. If you live in a state w/ GOP senators, focus your efforts on calling them, reminding them of his racist past, and asking them to reject him.

 

[Kai Dracon]

We gonna economically secure the shit outta civil rights.

 

[Dr.Acula]

Well, if the Republican senate blocked him in 1986 for a judgeship on Reagan's recommendation, maybe they'll block him again?

 

[Veritigo_X]

Wonder what "let's give him a chance"/"people are overreacting" people are thinking now.

 

[Enduin]

Keep low brown people

At this rate pretty sure brown people are going to have to keep so low that by the time they can safely see daylight again they'll be the whitest people on earth.

 

[Jarmel]

Well, if the Republican senate blocked him in 1986 for a judgeship on Reagan's recommendation, maybe they'll block him again?

Reagan would be considered too liberal for the modern Republican party.

 

[slit]

Little by little people who are saying "Nothing's happened yet!" are going to have to shut their face. They won't have that excuse anymore.

 

[Trojita]

Fuck this so much.

Besides all of the racism, which is a shit load, check out what he thinks of the harmless green plant the west coast enjoys.

And then realize he said those things in 2016.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Wonder what "let's give him a chance" people are thinking now.

"Let's give him another chance" probably.

 

[TS-08]

Well, if the Republican senate blocked him in 1986 for a judgeship on Reagan's recommendation, maybe they'll block him again?

He's been a senator for 20 years now. I don't see the resistance coming from within the party this time.

 

[sazzy]

Nominated. Not confirmed yet.

the rollercoaster of doom can't just stop just as its about descend into the pits of hell

 

[Slayven]

Don't get shot

 

[george_us]

Need to move back to Cali ASAP.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Get ready for this on a nationwide scale:

 

[joe2187]

Fuck this so much.

Besides all of the racism, which is a shit load, check out what he thinks of the harmless green plant the west coast enjoys.

And then realize he said those things in 2016.

Mr Sessions about the KKK

"Just a bunch of good old boys having a bit of fun, nothing wrong with em at all whatsoever"

They smoke weed

"THEY'RE A BUNCH OF DEMON WORSHIPPING HIPPIE FUCKERS!"

 

[Velcro Fly]

Well, if the Republican senate blocked him in 1986 for a judgeship on Reagan's recommendation, maybe they'll block him again?

You have a better chance of landing on Jupiter than that happening.

 

[adj_noun]

Swamp Thing

You are amazing racist

 

[Skilletor]

I have yet to see a Trump supporter say anything regarding these picks.

 

[PeskyToaster]

shoulda voted dems.

 

[Darryl M R]

I have yet to see a Trump supporter say anything regarding these picks.

Celebrating son, no time to post on GAF.

Has anyone peeked into r the Donald and see what they have said about these picks?

 

[Nabs]

I can't wait to wake up from this nightmare.

 

[DrunkShogun]

Guess we're going to have a new endangered species in America by the name "Muslim". Ah well, never been America and now don't even have to consider it when I plan for vacation.

 

[Anoregon]

This also confirms the DoJ will do absolutely fucking nothing about abuses and violence by Police. Cops all over the country are going to have free reign to shoot whoever they want with even less fear of consequences than they currently have.

 

[Chezzymann]

Celebrating son, no time to post on GAF.

Has anyone peeked into r the Donald and see what they have said about these picks?

heres some quotes

It's a sensible pick. Tough on immigration, will be tough on sanctuary cities. Not a bad choice at all. Many wanted Gowdy, but this pick doesn't mean that Gowdy can't throw in some input when needed. Also if it's in the cards to bring down Hillary, this keeps Gowdy away from it. Trump is smart, there are good reasons he put him in.

Im not an expert on Sessions, but from what Ive learned about him during the VP selection process (He was a favorite here at the time);
Sessions is a No-Bullshit Constitutionalist. He is a strong Law & order pick who will enforce the law and lean heavy on punishments.
Naturally the Left hates the concept of Repercussions for their degenerate actions... so they will do everything they can to brand him as an Old Racist Draconian Executioner.

 

[RDreamer]

I have yet to see a Trump supporter say anything regarding these picks.

I have:

 

[entremet]

Not racist by with racists?

 

[Trojita]

The sad thing is that what joe2187 said isn't a joke, that literally happened.

 

[Xe4]

Nope, Trump supporters aren't racist. Not racists at all. At the very least, they just only care about themselves, all others be damned.

Jesus fucking christ, the Republican party is a party of bigots.

 

[joe2187]

Celebrating son, no time to post on GAF.

Has anyone peeked into r the Donald and see what they have said about these picks?

They dont care, they are actually still celebrating.

It was never about actual politics, R/Donald was all about the memes and nothing else, they're just Trump supporters and dont really give two fucks about anti-establishment whatever the fuck.

besides, I'm 99.999999% sure alll those people are well within Sessions "A-Okay" list.

 

[Iksenpets]

Call your Senators' offices to keep the pressure up. If you have a Dem Senator, they need to be pressured to not give a courtesy vote to their GOP colleague, and if your Senator is GOP, you probably won't get a positive response, but we need to flip 3, and it might as well be yours.

 

[adj_noun]

heres some quotes

#DRAINTHESWAMP

 

[CopperPuppy]

"Let's give him another chance" probably.

Pretty much. I'm stealing a version of this from another GAF thread:

Voter: "Let's see what he does."

[Insert literally any action Trump has taken since election]

Voter: "Let's see what he does next."

 

[dramatis]

10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general [WaPo]

The basics: Sessions has served as a senator from Alabama for two decades. But Alabama is such a loyal state to its top lawmakers that Sessions is actually the junior senator from the state; Sen. Richard Shelby (R) has been in office three decades.

Sessions is popular back home: Aside from his first election in 1996, Sessions has never won with less than 59 percent of the vote. In 2014, he ran unopposed.

He's "amnesty's worst enemy": The conservative National Review crowned Sessions with that title in 2014, with good reason. Sessions has opposed nearly every immigration bill that has come before the Senate the past two decades that has included a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.

He's also fought legal immigration, including guest worker programs for illegal immigrants and visa programs for foreign workers in science, math and high-tech. In 2007, Sessions got a bill passed essentially banning for 10 years federal contractors who hire illegal immigrants.

"Legal immigration is the primary source of low-wage immigration into the United States," Sessions argued in a 2015 Washington Post op-ed. "... What we need now is immigration moderation: slowing the pace of new arrivals so that wages can rise, welfare rolls can shrink and the forces of assimilation can knit us all more closely together."

Other categories gone into more detail at the link:

He's a debt hawk and a military hawk.

He's a climate change skeptic.

Accusations of racism have dogged Sessions's career.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Time to go out to the streets, people. "Maybe they won't conform him" isn't a good enough excuse.

Also, I imagine the VPN industry will be booming in the next 4 years.

I guess we will see if accelerationism is a valid theory

Even if it is valid, the amount damage that's about to be done by that toupee'd asswipe wouldn't be worth it.

 

[kirblar]

Call your Senators' offices to keep the pressure up. If you have a Dem Senator, they need to be pressured to not give a courtesy vote to their GOP colleague, and if your Senator is GOP, you probably won't get a positive response, but we need to flip 3, and it might as well be yours.

You don't need 51.You need 41.

 

[User Name Here]

Make Earth Great Again!

 

[Xe4]

Something something both parties candidates are the same.

Hillary would have obviously chosen a racist for AG as well.

 

[Trojita]

10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general [WaPo]

Other categories gone into more detail at the link:

"Legal immigration is the primary source of low-wage immigration into the United States," Sessions argued in a 2015 Washington Post op-ed. "... What we need now is immigration moderation: slowing the pace of new arrivals so that wages can rise, welfare rolls can shrink and the forces of assimilation can knit us all more closely together."

I'm throwing up.

 

[Harlock]

The 80s are back!

 

[Trojita]

The 80s are back!

"They aren't good people"

 

[dramatis]

A bit of information on what the Attorney General does, from Wikipedia.

The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per 28 U.S.C. § 503, concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer and chief lawyer of the United States government. The attorney general serves as a member of the cabinet of the President of the United States, and is the only cabinet officer who does not have the title of secretary.

The Attorney General is appointed by the President and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate. He or she serves at the pleasure of the president and can be removed by the president at any time; the attorney general is also subject to impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial in the Senate for "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors."

 

[Haloid1177]

I have:

This fucker came in seventh in his race too dear god.

 

[Funky Papa]

So to recap:

• Bannon, a white nationalist ideologue and the biggest pusher of the Alt-Right, will be Trump's chief strategist.
• Sessions, a man so racist that 80's GOP turned its back on him, will probably be the new AG.
• Flynn, who was utterly despised at the Defense Intelligence Agency, is a crazy islamophobe, appears on RT, dines with Putin and retweets Prison Planet articles will be the new national security advisor, no approval required.
• Pompeo, a total wingnut with no intelligence credentials (let alone actual acumen) and who has gone on the record to proclaim his desire of changing Iran's regime, will be the new head of the CIA.

Here's what your meme magic brought, numbnuts.

 

[Sean C]

Well, if the Republican senate blocked him in 1986 for a judgeship on Reagan's recommendation, maybe they'll block him again?

The Republican Senate didn't block him. Sessions' nomination failed in the Judiciary Committee because one Republican, the very liberal Charles Mathias Jr. of Maryland, voted with the Democrats against it. There is, sufficed to say, no Republican in the Senate remotely as liberal as Charles Mathias Jr. now.

You don't need 51.You need 41.

No, you need 51 (or else, a Republican defector on the Judiciary Committee). The Democrats did away with the filibuster on executive nominees entirely. It's only in place for the Supreme Court and legislation.

 

[Jarmel]

So to recap:

• Bannon, a white nationalist ideologue and the biggest pusher of the Alt-Right, will be Trump's chief strategist.
• Sessions, a man so racist that 80's GOP turned its back on him, will probably be the new AG.
• Flynn, who was utterly despised at the Defense Intelligence Agency, is a crazy islamophobe, appears on RT, dines with Putin and retweets Prison Planet articles will be the new national security advisor, no approval required.
• Pompeo, a total wingnut with no intelligence credentials (let alone actual acumen) and who has gone on the record to proclaim his desire of changing Iran's regime, will be the new head of the CIA.

Here's what your meme magic brought, numbnuts.

I am now expecting Bolton as Secretary of State.

 

[Iksenpets]

You don't need 51.You need 41.

Filibuster was removed for executive nominees other than the Supreme Court (and I imagine the Supreme Court filibuster isn't surviving the next few months).

I am now expecting Bolton as Secretary of State.

Bolton as SoS and Cotton as SoD for maximum war!

 

[B-Dubs]

So to recap:

• Bannon, a white nationalist ideologue and the biggest pusher of the Alt-Right, will be Trump's chief strategist.
• Sessions, a man so racist that 80's GOP turned its back on him, will probably be the new AG.
• Flynn, who was utterly despised at the Defense Intelligence Agency, is a crazy islamophobe, appears on RT, dines with Putin and retweets Prison Planet articles will be the new national security advisor, no approval required.
• Pompeo, a total wingnut with no intelligence credentials (let alone actual acumen) and who has gone on the record to proclaim his desire of changing Iran's regime, will be the new head of the CIA.

Here's what your meme magic brought, numbnuts.

We're going to be dealing with the aftermath of a (hopefully) four year Trump presidency for the next 100 years at this rate.