Posted on 11/18/2016 1:08:02 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama is about to face a wave of intense scrutiny as he seeks confirmation to become attorney general and head the Justice Department in President-elect Donald Trump's upcoming administration.
Trump said Friday that it was an "honor to nominate" a "world-class legal mind" to the position. Sessions said, should he be confirmed, that he will give "all my strength to advance" its "highest ideals" and will be dedicated to "fairness and impartiality."
But Sessions is likely to face heavy examination over his overall record, as well as decades-old allegations of racism that are now certain to be hashed out in public.
Sessions, prior to his 20-year Senate career, served as a US attorney and as attorney general of Alabama. While serving as a US attorney for the state's southern district, he was nominated to be a federal district court judge by President Ronald Reagan in 1986.
His nomination, however, was rejected by the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee — a committee on which he now serves — because of racially charged comments and actions that he denied. It was only the second time in nearly 50 years the committee stunted a judicial nomination.
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But of course. What else do they do? Of course, its pretty ironic since he prosecuted KKK and helped desegregate the schools.....but facts have never been anything they care about
They use the race card so much, that almost no one cares anymore.
Schumer happily lays out the demonic-rats plans in an interview taped today for broadcast on Sunday with Chris Wallace.
All the charges against Senator Sessions are from the 80’s when he was President Reagan’s nominee.
All they do is bitch. For 8 years we have put up with the filthiest of racist scum in the Obama admin. That scumbag always got his way.
They need to just shut up and quit the damn bitchin’
Just sick of it. They lost and it is time to throw that in their foul faces.
Jeremiah Wright + Robert Byrd = shut up and clean up your own house.
Problem is only white folk mostly care these days.
Hillary got only 80 percent of black male votes, which means 70 percent when you include those who lied.
They’re starting to realize this #### isn’t saving their kids lives or giving them a future.
The democrats gained control of the senate in the election of 1986. The republicans controlled the senate for the entire year 1986. The 100th congress, in which democrats took control the senate, was sworn in until the new senate was sworn in in on January 3, 1987.
And, he is from Alabama.
“Lefties gratuitously playing the race card.”
Maybe they didn’t get a clue that one reason they lost this election was because we’re sick and tired of political correctness. The race card is so ‘90s and they need to get over it.
Wow. Proofreading is my friend!
The democrats gained control of the senate in the election of 1986. The republicans controlled the senate for the entire year 1986.
The 100th congress, in which democrats took control of the senate, was sworn in on January 3, 1987.
This child member of the Millennials is the 'expert' on all things business and politics?
How does he find time to do anything when he is sitting curled up in his college 'Safe Space? 
Allan Smith
Allan is a politics reporter for Business Insider. He's a 2015 graduate of Ohio University, where he was also a writer and editor for his college newspaper, The Post.
Just another mushed brained product of Liberal Indoctrination centers.
Move on. Nothing to see here.
BS then and BS now.
Expect them to label every Trump nominee an “ist” of some kind.
That means that he pulled the story from reports on the internet. Some real Lois Lane investigation skills there.
Absolutely.
They are going to use the card over and over. It's all they have and it was all predicted.
each pick inspires more confidence that Trump will not back away from the key issues that got him elected. sessions WILL enforce immigration laws.
great job so far.
The Dumbos cant even win elections....why should they be allowed to decide who or what is a racist?
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