On Thursday, we got our first concrete glimpses into the cabinet of President-elect Donald Trump, moving us beyond speculation and leaked names for the first time. By Friday, most of the attention turned to Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Trump loyalist who has been named to the position of Attorney General.
Sessions was bound to find his way into one cabinet position or another; he was an early supporter of Donald Trump who is aligned with the new president on matters of immigration. The Trump transition effort has, thus far, been heavily colored by loyalty. Those who stuck by Trump when most Republicans were diving overboard (or riding the fence) are now being rewarded.
That’s to be expected, but so is the backlash. And we’re seeing it now. We’re seeing the media go after Stephen Bannon, Gen. Michael Flynn, and now Jeff Sessions. And in all three cases, the criticism being launched against them is not one of substance or competence, but the tired accusation of racism. Never mind that the “evidence” for this racism is extraordinarily thin in all three cases (as it always was for Trump himself).
In Sessions’s case, the allegations come from Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in the 1980s, after the Alabama senator was nominated by President Reagan for a federal judgeship. The hearings brought forth racially-insensitive comments Sessions supposedly made while working as a prosecutor in his home state:
In testimony before the committee, former colleagues said that Mr. Sessions had referred to the N.A.A.C.P., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other civil rights groups as “un-American” and “Communist-inspired.” An African-American federal prosecutor then, Thomas H. Figures, said Mr. Sessions had referred to him as “boy” and testified that Mr. Sessions said the Ku Klux Klan was fine “until I found out they smoked pot.” Mr. Sessions dismissed that remark as a joke.
These whispers will be unlikely to keep Sessions away from the Justice Department; Congress will be wary of crossing President Trump this early in the game.
But for both Trump’s supporters and his detractors, the thought of Sessions replacing Loretta Lynch should be cause for excitement. Sessions is dedicated to the preservation of law like no one else in the Senate. He’ll be the first man to stand up to the president-elect should Trump move away from his constitutional limits. After eight years of watching the Justice Department act as a rubber stamp for Obama’s lawless agenda, it will be nice to see principle return to the office of attorney general.
A Constitutionalist in the bargain? No wonder the leftists howl after years of trying to destroy the document on which our country was built.
Sessions what a great pick, and what a solid American. Schumer please be quiet for once as you are the racist and that will be brought up as I understand.
All I can see is Trump’s future, for this nation, starting to shape up the way we conservatives had prayed it would.
MR. TRUMP is coming through with flying colors, and proving himself to be the man we gave him credit for. It looks like,
we are about to see the shaping of a “GREAT AMERICA”, again.
Lord, I home so! I really worry about the next 50+ days, I do not trust the current POTUS not to start something by encouraging these protesters so he can implement Martial Law. In a speech in Peru he said that after Thanksgiving that he has more “stuff” he can do.
Unfortunately all the Democrats are the racists. They, both black & white, Democratic politicians have been using racism against Republicans or anyone who disagrees with them by calling the racist. When the Country was really coming together along came Obama, a truly black racist who won the first time because blacks and whites voted for him because we believed he would unifying us all. He started the racism right out of the box: 1) calling a cop stupid when he had no idea about the facts and then had ‘tea’ with him outside the White House to apologize. 2) without knowing any facts, he tried to convince Trayvon Martin did nothing wrong and said ‘he could have been my son’, then we got the foolishness of “Hands Up-Don’t Shoot’ which was a complete fallacy and proven in a court of law, then the man who was set up to get arrested who happened to die because he threw himself around in the police truck; many officers were charged and all found “not guilty’ in separate cases.
Along came Black Lives Matter and “Pigs in a Blanket, Fry em like bacon’, cop shootings and tripling of crimes and murders in all the black ghettos.
Obama and his A.G.’s, Al Sharpton, George Soros, Pelosi and her puppets, Cong. Black Caucus have done and are doing everything they possibly can to stir up hate, division, distrust and every negative emotion. They keep black children from have school choice, try bring in illegal aliens to take black jobs, they preach about gun control but have nothing to remove the guns from the ‘killing fields’ that already have gun laws.
Blacks have gained nothing positive but turned non-prejudiced people into distrust, skepticism, bitterness, etc.
Who gains? The Democratic politicians…..Who loses? all of us!
I lived in a city that for years certain black leaders screamed we needed a black mayor. Well, we’ve had 3 now. I can only say life in the city has never been worse. Crime has tripled. They blame everybody and everything but the mayor. It’s not enough money, it’s bigotry, it’s racism, it’s always something. The fact is it’s We the People. We can start with broken homes. Mothers who work to support lifestyles instead of raising their children. Men who don’t take responsibility for their children or actions. You can’t continue to give people money to stay home and have babies. It’s been a failure from day one. I gained my value with hard work and determination. I’ve had some failures that were my fault too. But not enough to throw in the towel and say I give up. I won’t and we can’t. Take pride in America again. Let’s lead the way by starting right in your own home. It spreads from there.
Trump is really getting some great picks hope he picks up mad dog for Sec of Defense-anyway he is doing nicely
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Trump is building one helluva tractor !
I can’t wait to see it starting to plow the swamp.
(Sorry, I was a farm kid. )
yes indeed farmers are the best and I have a lot of respect for their grit and tough spirited drive-AirBorne !!! I know also they like 4 wheeling and tractor pulls and some have some high performance engines that cost a fortune
The Demorats always said that it was no big deal the Senator Robert Byrd ( d) was a high up, Grand Lizard of the KKK
Ahhh Yes…and how many times did Hillary Clinton praise him…I lost count.
Sessions is a man of integrity. The position should be filled with such a man. This office should not be used as a tool to further the President’s agenda. It should be a office based on rule of law and nothing more. Obama abused this position of government with Holder and Lynch. It is clear that White America was totally ignored in favor of Black American. Creating a sense of Racism never before seen in our US government. It could be said that Obama blamed the woes of the world on White American Christians, yet it was White American Christians that gave him a political platform of protest. I would equate President Obama’s legacy as a move to promote Black American Islam in these United States. There is no doubt that Black American Christians saw the threat of Islam in the US and voted along with the White Christians to stop this threat. Regardless of one’s race, Islam is a direct threat against our Constitutional Government. Failing to address the threat of Islam in America will redefine what the US stands for: FREEDOM. Under Islam there is no concept of FREEDOM and never will be. The people of Islam are slaves to it’s teachings. Shariah Law is what Muslims follow and Shariah Law is in direct conflict with any concept of FREEDOM. Under Islam if you embarrass Allah in any way it could cost you your life. This applies to Muslims as well as nonbelievers.
“That’s to be expected, but so is the backlash. And we’re seeing it now.
We’re seeing the media go after Stephen Bannon, Gen. Michael Flynn, and
now Jeff Sessions. And in all three cases, the criticism being launched
against them is not one of substance or competence, but the tired
accusation of racism. Never mind that the “evidence” for this racism is
extraordinarily thin in all three cases (as it always was for Trump
himself).” Now for just one minute, does anyone think that we could expect anything different from the left wing liberal lapdog media, they have one thing and one thing alone and that is the need to label people, regardless of fact or circumstances. They have brought it to every fight, discussion and instance you can think of, simply because that is ALL THEY HAVE, there is no substance to the left, their arguments nor their ability, it has failed them big time this election, just as it has always failed them. People are sick and tired of their BS, that is one of the reasons they lost this election and it will be the death of them as people learn to step up and say, call whatever you like it does not bother me. Labeling is nothing more than a club wielded by the left in an attempt to shut people up who disagree with them, most people do not want to be referred to as a raciest and will simply shut up, this is nothing more than a method to kill the 1st amendment by people who could give a hoot about the constitution.
Trump himself wants to kill the First Amendment. Yes he said this more than once. Look it up.
I do not disagree with your statement about some of what Trump has said, it is my feeling that much of what he has said boils down to the “double standard” used by the liberal lap dog media when so called “journalistic reporting” is done to trash those who do not fall in line with the liberal/progressive/socialist religion. Trump will be held to a constitutional standard, liberals and the liberal lap dog media have been getting a pass, it is time for them to be put to bed. I support free speech as we all should, journalism, in it’s true form rarely exists anymore, the overwhelming majority of so called journalists are closer to whores, as they have sold themselves for the agenda, they have zero credibility or respect. (my apologies to the real ladies of the evening for dragging them down to such a level) Right now they are in a panic, along with the left because they have all been proven to be the fools and liars that they are and their only recourse is to deflect and smear the opposition.
I don’t think I can name one true journalist anymore. Anything written now has to be researched just to see if it’s the truth. It is a sad testament to those journalist of the past.
I don’t disagree but there are a few, one I will mention is Sharyl Attkisson, I believe she is solid.
https://sharylattkisson.com/
And that is why the media was so stunned when Trump won. They were starting to believe their own BS. The only people not stunned were Trump supporters, we knew that Trump was speaking to all of us, White, African American, Hispanic, LGBQ all of us. We had stopped listening to the MSM (cut them off May 2010) we knew they were doing the democrats/progressive, George Soros bidding and what they said did not need to have any facts, merits, witnesses or anything else. They would run with it 24/7 bringing in their panels and experts to discuss and evaluate what they said. They never gave Trump a CHANCE, they lied, brought in woman who could easily be proven to be a LIAR. Made stuff up, cut and pasted videos to make it seem he said something he hadn’t. The MSM , the democrats , most celebrities, and especially Hillary completely believed that We the People actually believed their ridiculous BS.
Has he said it since he decided to become President??????????
Yes he said it several times during campaigning. I wouldn’t care what he had to say if he had not ran or been elected
All of the accusations on Bannon and Sessions are from approx. 30 yrs ago, has anyone here changed there thoughts and actions from 30 yrs ago, I know I have. Would Trump pick a Jew hater (Bannon) for his team? His Son-in-Law is a Jew and his daughter recently converted?? The Left are really stupid to be repeating this crap.
It hkas long been a ;ractice of all the democRATs to accuse their opponents of what theky, themselves, are guilty of. Makes a fine smoke screen and any democRAT administration, anywhere could not survive without smoke. Chicago, anyone ?
The sooner this lil faggot porch monkey and all his friends are sent back to kenya, the better!???
I see here that you people are not racists.
Well Mr Terry: I grew up with, and went all thru school with many, MANY blacks. In high school I even had a BLACK GIRLFRIEND! And in the service, I had many black friends. And ESPECIALLY in Vietnam. Whites saved black asses, blacks saved whitie’s asses. Never been a racist or a prejudiced bone in my body….until Ovomit took office! And if I ever use that term “niggah,” he’s the only one I’d direct it at! HE is the PMIC that invented and championed raceism!!??
Nothing you just wrote justifies what you said about a president who was elected twice by the American people.
You see, that’s where you liberals go scatter brained. The PORCH MONKEY was seated, NEVER ELECTED! But trying to prove ANYTHING to you liberals is like trying to get water to run uphill! You twerps are just going to have to GET OVER IT!! ????
I feel the same way about this swindler/foreigner-he evidently was destined to deceive and lie to the masses and act like he was one of us-when he is covering up the lack of being legal to assume any federal office here in this nation-we can thank Illinois for crucial slackness in national security and the traitor fellow conspirators that gave this fool a fake legality-yes !!! mutant mulatto is the poster child for the “N” word !!!!
RATS ! DIRTY WORD ! GRUMMENFLUNGIT !
I’m from Alabama and now I’ve got to replace one of the best Senators a State ever had ! This is a good man and I guess Trump needs a bunch of ’em !
Let’s go Jeff Sessions, it’s about time the law actually will be enforced
Good choice. Now the first order of business should be to IMPOND ALL CLINTON FOUNDATION FUNDS, including any “pay outs” from June , 2016 forward. Gary
impound.
All I know is Trump best not back up now.
If he does, he’ll be hated by most everyone
I would like to think that one of his top agendas is to make sure all those who are killing the police, which are those that keep The United States from becoming a third would are punished to the max.
The Department of Justice and the FBI are two positions that MUST be free of political influence to do their job according to Constitutional Rule of Law. I believe Trump believes this to be true when he chose Sessions. Both Parties see Sessions as a man of integrity. There has been numerous charges of Racism because Session believes in secure borders. Sadly, this is what all Americans should want. In fact it is Constitutionally Correct to want secure borders. It is not or has ever been Racist to want secure borders. Do Americans truly want a terrorist to live next door? Do Americans want the flow of drugs into our nation? We as a nation have the right to define who is allowed into our nation. There is a clear meaning between legal and illegal. Yes or No. It is that simple.
It’s typical of the left wing dimwits to play the race card every chance they get. But I’m all in on Trump and his choices for his cabinet. But I would like to see Dr. Ben Carson be asked to be Surgeon General. He’s brilliant as well as intelligent and would be helpful in making new healthcare policies.