Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse shreds Trump's first week at AG hearing: 'A gong show with a nuclear button'

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory


DAVID EDWARDS
01 FEB 2017 AT 12:50 ET

Se n. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) used his time at confirmation hearing for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on Wednesday to lash out at President Donald Trumps gong show administration.

In a blistering statement, Whitehouse said that Sessions actions during the 2016 campaign called into question whether the Alabama Republican could be an independent check on the Trump presidency.

On the campaign trail, the American people witnessed Donald Trump mock a disabled reporter and make disparaging remarks about immigrants and minorities, all with no push back from Senator Sessions, Whitehouse noted. We all witnessed chants of lock her up, which Senator Sessions did not push back against and even excused in his hearing as, quote, humorously done.

The problems did not end with the campaign, he continued. President Trump and his family have brought more conflicts of interest to the White House than all other modern presidents and families combined. The proposed Trump domestic cabinet is an unprecedented swamp of conflicts of interest, failures of disclosure and divestment and dark money secrets. The Trump presidency is a haven for special interest influence and theyre just getting started.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/sen-sheldon-whitehouse-shreds-trumps-first-week-at-ag-hearing-a-gong-show-with-a-nuclear-button/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. You don't know whether to laugh or cry.

But "gong show" is an apt description of the past week's proceedings.

[Frogg]

2. I was watching on CNN and I started to cry...out of relief to finally hear the truth spoken

So publicly ...but also for the deep sense of terror that has been creeping in for the past few days. It is happening...

[LuckyLib]

3. This is a rant so many of us needed to hear. Senator Whitehouse

(how ironic) has nailed it.