Posted on 01/10/2017 3:57:46 AM PST by HomerBohn
Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, will apparently make history this week when he testifies before the Judiciary Committee against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination for attorney general in hearings that begin Tuesday.
Booker's office said Monday that the Senate historian had been unable to find any previous instance of a sitting senator's testifying against a fellow sitting senator nominated for a Cabinet position.
Noting that "I'm breaking a pretty long Senate tradition," Booker said Monday on MSNBC's "All In": "We've seen Jeff Sessions — that's Senator Jeff Sessions — consistently voting against or speaking out against key ideals of the Voting Rights Act, taking measures to try to block criminal justice reform."
"He has a posture and a positioning that I think represent a real danger to our country," Booker said.
In 1986, the Senate Judiciary Committee killed President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Sessions to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama after four former Justice Department colleagues testified that he had made racially offensive statements.
Sessions turned the rejection into a launchpad for his political career. He was elected attorney general of Alabama before being elected in 1996 to the U.S. Senate, where he is considered among the more conservative members.
Related: NAACP Stages Sit-In to Protest Jeff Sessions' Attorney General Nomination
Several other prominent African-American figures in addition to Booker also plan to testify against Sessions, R-Alabama, a former U.S. attorney and attorney general in Alabama, including two members of the House: Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, a leader of the civil rights movement of the 1960s; and Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-Louisiana, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
The NAACP has also strongly opposed Sessions' nomination, calling him "a threat to desegregation and the Voting Rights Act."
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I don't believe Booker criticized the evil Soetoro administration for mis-handling several high profile racially oriented incidents. I refer to the ones that contributed to the steepest decline in race relations in this country in modern history. Barry and the other race pimps set back trust, respect and gains made by blacks to 1950. Their meddling and bomb throwing on rioting by blacks caused an upheaval that will take a long time to forget. In fact the turmoil is ongoing.
The fact that a political hack will use whatever means he can to bring down a nominee who will actually support the Constitution is not historic. It happens all the time, in fact.
Today’s equivalent of Anita Hill with the change from sexism back to the age old standard - [ooga booga] racism.
You stay Classy, Cory!!
Oooooh - “racism”, what else you got?
These people would have had show trials against Republicans if Hillary had won. They have no class, no standards. They just want power and they will do anything to get their way.
This scumbag (from my state of NJ) is going to “break tradition” to oppose someone who is a clean candidate; the gloves are off at this point, and Republicans should take note. If they won’t fight, they’ll find Republican primary voters are quite willing to support some odd candidates who will (see Trump as exhibit A).
Delusional racists like Booker are the real danger...
See Republicans, this is what Democrats do. There’s no bipartisanship or compromise here. This is what you should have done to Obama in ‘09.
What were the “racially insensitive comments” supposedly made by Sen. Sessions?
Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, is well known as a bigot and anti-Semite.
It’s ‘historic’ for such a disreputable person to make claims against a fellow Senator.
Maybe they want a race war.
Immediately after his testimony have Condoleeza Rice testify in favor of Sessions - I believe she said she was supporting him.
The Senate is where they refer to the opposing party as their “esteemed colleague” and personal friend”. I guess we can expect the opposite from a liberal.
Lets see how do we elevate an Obama clone to the next presidency since it worked so well for us the first time. “Not just Another fine looking black man that doesn’t talk like the others” trying to make a name for himself. Mark levin layed out the history of sessions as it relates to civil rights and the black cause in America. These obstructionist bastards dont want to know his history because they would be hiding behind the curtains embarrassed, yet they will begin the side show and everyone will keep their mouths shut!
NBC says “historic”. I call it slanderous. Democraps keep doing things that are the reason that they lost the election .
I am glad they are too pigheaded and arrogant to face reality.
Is this the same Cory Booker that owned the crack houses??
THAT guy is going to lecture us on morality?!
Corey Booker..... hahahahahaHAHAHAhAhAHaHaHAHAhahahahaha that’s rich
Sen. Sessions showed Cory Booker Long Dong Silver movies ?
The spirit of Ted Kennedy lives on!
Fortunately, Sen. Booker is no Ted Kennedy, who in his alliance with the Devil, could be counted upon to counter ANY nomination or legislative initiative brought up by Republican sources.
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