Black Caucus members storm Senate floor to protest Sessions

[DonViejo]

Source: Washington Examiner



By SUSAN CRABTREE (@SUSANCRABTREE) • 2/8/17 2:04 PM

House lawmakers led by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, other Congressional Black Caucus members staged a protest against Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination to attorney general on the Senate floor Wednesday.

The group of roughly 10 House members, including the dean of the House, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., as well as Democratic Reps. Lacy Clay of Missouri, Hank Johnson of Georgia and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, traveled to the Senate side of the Capitol and marched onto the floor in an effort to draw attention to their opposition to Sessions' confirmation on civil rights grounds.

"Sen. Sessions may be one of the most incompatible nominees to the Department of Justice that we've seen in decades – that department is a department of the vulnerable," Jackson Lee told the Washington Examiner after leaving the Senate floor.

"It is a department that deals with the issues of civil rights mostly, it deals with the issue of voting rights, and the empowerment of women. It deals with the issues of protecting those on the questions of marriage equality, gender discrimination and no record has been more potent against all of those issues," she said, speaking about Sessions but not mentioning any specifics about his positions over the years.

Read more: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/black-caucus-members-storm-senate-floor-to-protest-sessions/article/2614268

[Gothmog]

1. Yeah for Sheila Jackson Lee

I know and like Sheila.

[tenorly]

3. Allright!

Please give Congresswoman Jackson-Lee a hug for us next time you see her. A profile in courage if there ever was one.

[Gothmog]

19. I will do so

[Judi Lynn]

8. Have admired her excellent work for many years. She really cares. n/t

[Gothmog]

18. Yes she does care

I have known Sheila for a while

[calimary]

33. Give her a hug for me, too!

I had a chance to give a hug to Maxine Waters last summer, and that was immensely gratifying. It was so wonderful to be able to tell her to her face how much I appreciate her efforts.

[ehrnst]

2. I know that they are "too establishment" for some

But I will support them and trust their judgment.

[benld74]

4. Boo-ya!!

[Hekate]

7. Who exactly are you talking about, centrest?

If Sessions, why has this not been aired before now in this confirmation process? Also -- have a link?

[steve2470]

10. snopes looking into it

http://www.snopes.com/2017/02/08/jeff-sessions-award-of-excellence/

[Hekate]

11. Odd to have this be someone's first post here

Thanks for the Snopes link

[classykaren]

12. Strange this is your first post.

[mobeau69]

17. Where's the link?

[JudyM]

21. Look at reply #10, above.

[klook]

20. "Alabama NAACP outlines its grievances with Sen. Jeff Sessions" - January 08, 2017

We, the people, the NAACP, are unapologetic in our response. Alabama is at a point of heartbreak, disappointment and even grieves the choice President-elect Donald Trump has made for U.S. Attorney General.

We know that the U.S. Attorney General oversees all the federal prisons, that he or she is the Administrator for the Department of Justice, is the one who ensures accountability of law enforcement officers and authority figures and is the one who ensures that justice is fairly waved to subject each of us accountable under the law and, not just the poor, not the people of color, but us all. We cannot trust Jeff Sessions. Every walk of life rejected his nomination to the federal judiciary decades ago. His record of racism, his false claims of civil rights work, and his opposition to civil and human rights has and is following him.

- more

Welcome to DU, centrest!

[Maru Kitteh]

25. Hey klook, here's a link to animate that image in your sig line

Just replace the image url in your sig line with this one

http:// i.imgur.com/C1X2c8m.gif (just eliminate the space after http://)

[Mc Mike]

26. I love that animated artwork. journal book marked, thanks, nt.

[klook]

28. Thanks, Maru!

I've admired yours, and will gladly follow suit!

And btw... aw, I see our new friend has fallen by the wayside.

[Maru Kitteh]

29. yes. so sad.

a moment of silence.



Okay that's enough of that.

[Maru Kitteh]

24. I've only heard that from right-wing Twitter zombies, but I haven't seen

any actual proof.

I am curious about where your information hails from, if you can prove it, and if not, why you would say such a thing here.

[amuse bouche]

6. 10? It should be all of them and we need to see a lot more of this

Good start though

[Hekate]

9. Black Caucus? It should be ALL Dems. I am so glad the BC is leading the way in this....

....as in so much else.

[ailsagirl]

13. YESSSS!!!

[orangecrush]

15. YES!!!!!!!!

[BigDemVoter]

16. THANK YOU, DonViejo!

This makes my day! Those racist sons of bitches make me SICK!!!

[zentrum]

22. For Coretta and

.....the beginning of a just account of history in this country.

Sessions is such an outrageous nominee.

Thank you Black Caucus.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Well thank you Black Caucus - you'll be in the record... but unfortunately

just saw a WaPO breaking and the douchebag just got confirmed.

[lordsummerisle]

27. k&r n/t

[sellitman]

30. That's my Rosa!!!!

Luvs my Rosa!

[Blue Owl]

31. Jeff. Fucking. Sessions.

Eat shit and die.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

Women are LEADING a lot of fights lately!!!!

LOVE IT!!!!! GO!!!! Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee!!!