Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Thursday that he will vote against Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) confirmation to Attorney General. In a statement released early Thursday morning, the top Democrat said he was concerned that Sessions would not act as an appropriate check on President-elect Donald Trump.
“After reviewing his record and giving careful consideration to his answers during the hearing, I am not confident in Senator Sessions’ ability to be a defender of the rights of all Americans, or to serve as an independent check on the incoming administration,” Schumer said. “I am also deeply concerned by his views on immigration, which I saw firsthand during the push for comprehensive immigration reform. For those reasons, I will oppose his nomination to serve as the next Attorney General.”
Other Senate Democrats, such as Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), have indicated that they will oppose Sessions’ confirmation. However, because Democrats made changes to the filibuster rules when they controlled the Senate, Sessions will only need a majority vote on the floor to be confirmed.
Senator Connecticut dude is also not voting for Sessions. You heard it first here! (unless you saw it on MSNBC).
sessions BLOCKED every! black judge obama proposed for alabama…cept one…and thats because he was already seated…in fact obama leaves office with 5 open vacancies which the pretender will fill with other racists like the pretender and sessions.
but…i thought the senate could put “holds” on nominees effectively blocking them…though i admit not being up on their procedures.
If you haven’t seen this please read the letter Coretta Scott King sent the 1986 committee against Sessions’ federal judgeship.
Sessions’ comments from 2014 on secularism are not getting the airing they deserve–
“And if you don’t believe there’s a truth, you don’t believe in truth, if you’re an utter secularist, then how do we operate this government?"
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/12/jeff-sessions-said-secularists-are-unfit-for-government.html
Dude, we operate the government without “an establishment of religion,” the way the founders intended.
I don’t have any doubt he’s opposing Sessions. Why would he approve? There’s absolutely no “upside” for ANY Dem to approve him. None. His and the Rethugs racism is so nakedly blatant, that they were handing out an article with info on “How Democrats steal the Black vote.” Really ugly, crazy sh*t.