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NAACP occupies Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office, calls for him to withdraw U.S. A G nomination
NY Daily News ^ | January 3, 2017 | JASON SILVERSTEIN

Posted on 01/03/2017 11:15:03 AM PST by EinNYC

Members of the NAACP started occupying the office of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions Tuesday and called for him to turn down his controversial nomination to become the next U.S. Attorney General.

“The @NAACP & @AlabamaNAACP are occupying the Mobile office of @jeffsessions--until he withdraws as a AG nominee or we're arrested,” NAACP President Cornell William Brooks tweeted at 12:44 p.m., with a photo showing several members sitting outside the door.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Sessions, 70, to be his Attorney General — a move that drew immediate rebukes for Sessions' history of opposing civil rights causes.

Sessions lost a nomination from President Ronald Reagan to become a federal judge after accusations that he had made racist remarks. Former colleagues said he called civil rights groups, including the NAACP, “un-American” and “communist inspired,” but said he was “okay” with the Ku Klux Klan until he learned that some members smoked marijuana.

Since then, he has earned a reputation as one of the staunchest conservatives in the Senate, and he has opposed Obamacare, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and all three of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominees.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attorneygeneral; naacp; sessions
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To: WatchungEagle

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101 posted on 01/03/2017 1:51:59 PM PST by The Toll
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To: EinNYC

Racism at it roots.


102 posted on 01/03/2017 2:46:57 PM PST by Herman Ball
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To: EinNYC

I call on them to remove themselves from the human race. If, in fact, they are part of it.


103 posted on 01/03/2017 2:49:35 PM PST by Catsrus (Don't let Hillary, the crook, off the hook.)
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To: EinNYC

NAACP - contains the classification “colored.”

The hateful racists!


104 posted on 01/03/2017 3:10:27 PM PST by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: EinNYC

Drama. Sessions should not withdraw.


105 posted on 01/03/2017 3:26:02 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them.)
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To: Liz

Love your posts. Keep up the good work!


106 posted on 01/03/2017 3:59:20 PM PST by blondiegoodbadugly
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To: justiceseeker93

The Senate should be able to order them out.

We’re in freaking charge of the place.


107 posted on 01/03/2017 4:37:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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To: EinNYC

My advise to Senator Sessions. Issue a press release that contains the following: “My office is being occupied by a racist group. In one hour they will be arrested.” Then do it.


108 posted on 01/03/2017 7:38:29 PM PST by zeugma (I'm going to get fat from all this schadenfreude)
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To: EinNYC

Fine. Arrest and prosecute every single one of them.


109 posted on 01/03/2017 8:28:05 PM PST by matt04
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To: EinNYC

Where’s Epic Beard Man when ya need him? :)


110 posted on 01/03/2017 8:33:15 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: EinNYC

They did arrest them!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/3/jeff-sessions-naacp-sit-ends-arrests/

Good move!!!!


111 posted on 01/03/2017 9:14:49 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb
They did arrest them!

Excellent! Let's see those smirks wiped right off their stupid bigoted faces. I hope they have to pay a BIG fine to get out of jail, and that having been in jail adversely affects their employment.

112 posted on 01/03/2017 11:47:51 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

How do they get off work to sit-in?....Oh wait, nevermind.


113 posted on 01/05/2017 6:25:55 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I don't need drugs - I get high off the tears of liberals!)
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To: EinNYC

Did they tie the Senator up and beat him until he denounced Trump?


114 posted on 01/05/2017 6:29:03 AM PST by The Toll
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