Sean Spicer: 'I can only hope that if Coretta Scott King was still with us', she'd support Jeff...

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



Sean Spicer: ‘I can only hope that if Coretta Scott King was still with us,’ she’d support Jeff Sessions

BRAD REED
08 FEB 2017 AT 14:50 ET

White House Press Secretary said on Wednesday that he hoped that if Coretta Scott King were still alive that she would support the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R AL) for attorney general.

King, the late widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., had originally opposed Sessionss nomination for a federal judgeship in the 1980s on the grounds that he had allegedly tried to intimidate and chill the exercise of the ballot by African Americans.

Despite this, Spicer said that he hoped that King would have come around to supporting Sessions today if she had ever taken the time to get to know him and understand his record on key issues such as voting rights.

I would respectfully disagree with her assessment of Sen. Sessions then and now, said Spicer. His record on civil voting rights, I think, is outstanding.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/sean-spicer-i-can-only-hope-that-if-coretta-scott-king-was-still-with-us-shed-support-jeff-sessions/

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I can't even...

[irisblue]

14. +1million

[Phoenix61]

31. That says it all

[guillaumeb]

2. Sessions record on the VRA is outrageous, not outstanding Spicer.

More pathetic presentations of alternate facts from an alternate reality.

[world wide wally]

3. It's more likely that Nixon would have voted for Hillary

[NurseJackie]

4. That's messed up...

[barbtries]

5. i can only hope

your boss is ousted before permanent destruction to our country has been done.

well, i can do a little more than that. i can march, i can call, i can write...and i will. RESIST

[unblock]

6. let's ask frederick douglass! i'm sure he'd know if she would have supported sessions!

[Initech]

47. Frederick Douglas is too busy saving us from the Bowling Green Massacre!

[Trust Buster]

7. O.K., so which Spice girl would you assign to this clown ?

1 - Scary Spice

2 - Sporty Spice

3 - Baby Spice (my personal favorite)

4 - Ginger Spice or

5 - Posh Spice

[Scalded Nun]

10. What, no Asshat Spice?

[renate]

41. I'm trying not to giggle out loud

But I can't stop it.

Your comment made my day.

[DonViejo]

11. Baghdad Spice.

[Trust Buster]

12. Zing......LOL

[tenorly]

17. Yallah! And can you believe: Wikipedia has no mention of why he's widely referred to as such.

Bannon's paid Trumpkins (*Daltoncastle* cough, cough) have been busy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. I believe he's been referred to as Shouty Spice.

But I prefer plain old Sean Sphincter.

[Yavin4]

19. Shouty Spice n/t

[machoneman]

22. Stupid Spice. Insipid Spice. Silly Spice....

...I could go on and on!

[3catwoman3]

27. Stupid Spice.

Or, how about Spurious Spice? I have a thing for alliteration

[Trust Buster]

33. Mrs. E.D. Spice

[jmbar2]

45. Dumbo Spice

[Initech]

50. Trump is Baby Spice and Bannon is Scary Spice.

He's Ginger Spice?

[leftofcool]

51. dick spice

[MrPurple]

55. He'll be unemployed Spice before long

Press Secretary in the Trump administration is going to have a short shelf life

[C_U_L8R]

57. Farty Spice.

[JTFrog]

60. Pinocchio Spice. nt

[jmowreader]

8. The guy who likes everything about the Klan but their choice of refreshments?

[2naSalit]

9. What an ignorant

fucking rat fucker.

[Solly Mack]

13. Sean Sphincter living up to his name.

[George II]

15. You could hope that, Sean, but it most likely wouldn't happen. She already expressed her opinion...

....about the man.

[Marthe48]

16. How stupid?

Every day, they outdo themselves.

[irisblue]

20. please please tell me one of the media asked if he knew who CS King was

Or they laughed in his face?

[TygrBright]

21. "I can only hope if Anne Frank was still with us, she'd support Herr Himmler..." n/t

[Third Doctor]

23. Everyday this stuff gets more and more surreal.

[underpants]

24. Shitbag

What a complete shitbag

[DemoTex]

25. Manna from heaven for Melissa McCarthy and SNL!

[dhill926]

26. why of course she would....

jaysus, what a delusional asshole....have at him, Melissa!

[CountAllVotes]

28. Idiot

Taking your concerns not seriously you freak!

[Phoenix61]

29. You can't make this stuff up

No one, I mean no one, can be that stupid. Can they?

[haele]

30. Well, let's see what she wrote about Jeff Sessions in her letter, Sean....

It may be close to Valentine's Day, but that sure as hell didn't read like a love letter.

Haele

[PlanetBev]

32. Reminds me of a stupid statement that Sean Hannity made

He said that if MLK was still alive today, he'd be at the vanguard of the Pro-Life movement.

Whatever you say, Sean.

[Friend or Foe]

36. You raise a good point!

Maybe it's a "Sean" thing

[chillfactor]

34. Sean certainly does..

live in his unreality world.....what a horrendous statement from a bag of shit!

[gademocrat7]

35. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Scary spice is an ignorant bafoon. Sessions is an avowed racist.

[johnp3907]

37. Someone should've asked him if Frederick Douglass supports Sessions.

[benld74]

38. Spicers next job? Onion writer

[blue neen]

39. +1000.

Ain't that the truth!

[logosoco]

40. WTF????????????

Is there a new cabinet in this administration called "The Department of Distorted Reality"?

[lucca18]

42. How dare you!

That statement is beyond deplorable!

[rurallib]

43. "and understand his record on key issues such as voting rights.

She did understand, Stupid Spice. That is why she wrote the letter.
She understood the millions like him whose main basis for judging a human was the color of their skin.

[Paladin]

44. Just a few days in, and this administration is fully out of control.

Who in their right mind tries to imagine Coretta Scott King and Jeff Sessions as best buds? What White House hierarchy allows such a sick insult to go public? That's one small step above pissing on that noble woman's grave. Absolutely unforgivable. In any rational universe, Spicer would be out of a job this afternoon. I hope SNL savages him on this, on Saturday.

[Initech]

46. Did he forget to add #alternatefacts ?

[msanthrope]

48. Mrs. Scott King was a lady. So I have to say "Fuck You Shouty Spice" on her behalf. nt

[dae]

49. What a disgusting little maggot!

[riversedge]

52. Sean is just another Baghdad Bob.

[Warpy]

53. Uh, that's gone WAY past delusional

Gawd, this gang of drooling idiots and raving lunatics is entertaining as hell to watch. You've got to give them that much.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

54. I can only hope that if Patrick Henry was still with us, he'd support George III.

[MrPurple]

56. But, who would James Earl Ray support if he was still with us...

[Angry Dragon]

58. If she was still alive she would want to spit in their faces

but being the lady she was she would just turn her back on the whole rotten bunch

[Cryptoad]

59. These people have some sorta Brain Disease !

I keep telling yall,,,,,,,,,

[briv1016]

61. Lets ask her 3 surviving children Martin III, Dexter and Bernice King.

[neeksgeek]

62. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha..... nt

[Orsino]

63. He's right. He can only hope it.

Because it's horseshit.

[PeacefulPeavey]

64. careful of a potential trap!

I'm pretty sure the repugs aren't smart enough to have known this before hand, but it seems like Spicer may be saying this to let outrage build to extreme level, knowing that this video exists of CSK actually (barf) praising Sessions during the launching of the Rosa Parks library...

[Maeve]

65. Thanks for being here is it??????

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/feb/09/true-pundit/no-coretta-scott-king-didnt-thank-jeff-sessions-vi/

That was the only time King mentioned Sessions in her speech -- and it her words fall well short of "thanking" him, whether for his role in establishing the library or for anything else. She simply acknowledged his presence in the room, as she did with other dignitaries.

[fleabiscuit]

67. Yup. Republithugs have tried to spin that backasswards for years.

[rzemanfl]

68. She was taking attendance. That's all. n/t

[gopiscrap]

69. welcome to DU

[DesertRat]

66. "He stood up for Coretta Scott King for getting the gold medal"

What the hell is he talking about? When did he stand up for her getting a gold Medal? He said during the last 15 seconds of the clip.

[Cha]

70. It's called Orwellian BULLSHIT. Period.