Posted on 11/19/2016 5:05:40 PM PST by jazusamo
The Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee came out against Sen.Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as President-elect Donald Trump’s designee for attorney general on Saturday in a symbolic gesture.
The House members, who do not have a say in whether Sessions will be confirmed, issued a joint statement on Saturday, led by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the committee’s ranking Democrat.
“We acknowledge that elections have consequences, and that we may have policy disagreements with whomever the Trump Administration selects to lead the Department of Justice,” they said in the statement. “Our concerns about this appointment are not mere policy disputes.”
“Senator Sessions does not seem fit to lead the Department of Justice. His selection can only serve to divide us. We urge President-elect Trump to select an Attorney General who is qualified to protect and defend the constitutional rights of all Americans.”
Sessions was rejected by the Senate in 1986 when Ronald Reagan nominated him for a federal judgeship, after the then-prosecutor’s former colleagues testified that he had a history of making racist comments.
The statement cited much of the testimony from that year and added, “There is serious evidence that Sessions' outlook has not improved.”
The group lashed out at Sessions’s stances on domestic violence and immigration, noting that the Southern Poverty Law Center has blasted his association with “deeply racist” anti-immigration activists.
“Mr. Sessions remains a favorite of Stormfront, an online bastion of white nationalism,” the joint statement reads. “His selection will reinforce the appointment of Steven Bannon, who built a media network dedicated to spreading bigoted, misogynistic, and anti-Semitic views.
“It doubles down on Mr. Trump’s association with figures like Frank Gaffney and Alex Jones, whose conspiracy theories would be laughable if they did not now threaten to undo decades of progress in America.”
Democrats are largely united in their opposition to Sessions as a nominee, with the sole exception of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.).
In order to block the senator’s confirmation they will need crossover help from Republicans, none of who have come out against Sessions.
The idiots continue to out themselves.
Thank you Democrats. Keep it up.
Who cares. The ‘RATS lost. We won.
The `rats always push Conyers forward when they want to say something spectacularly stupid.
All your base, rodents.
The House has no say in this. Apparently they’re not aware of that and should be removed from the committee based on their ignorance alone.
Why are there any demonrats on the committee in the first place???, No way in hell would tip oneal or pelosi allow this
Tell them to pound sand.
Fortunately, the House has zero to do with Presidential nominations.
Nobody cares.
So, who asked them? They don't get vote.
He does, however, have the IQ of what my dog left on the lawn this afternoon.
This coming from the “I won” executive orders crowd. Unbelievqble
Dear Mr. Con Yours - your comments are duly noted. Have a nice day.
Agreed, it’s a different story when the shoes are on the hypocrites feet.
Citing the SPLC is totally illegitimate. What a joke. Democrats aren’t going to like anybody that Trump picks. He’s going to drain the swamp and they’re the garbage that’s going to be ground up in the disposal.
Yep, the SPLC are nothing more than leftist frauds. Senator Sessions as AG is the Dems worst nightmare and they know he’ll be confirmed.
Break out the Vaseline, Dems - you’re gonna need it.....
I love that graphic.
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