The Root Is Live-Blogging Jeff Sessions' Testimony to Congress Because We Hate Ourselves
Hello, y’all. I’m Michael Arceneaux, contributor to The Root and perpetual masochist.
As the headline suggests, I’m here to live blog Attorney General Segregation Now, Segregation Forever Jeff Sessions’ testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. I’m surprised Sessions’ testimony is starting late given he’s not proven himself to be a fan of colored people, much less colored people time. We also know Sessions isn’t BFFs with the truth, so one wonders whether or not he’ll lie like hell as he did in previous testimony’s before his former Senate colleagues.
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I’ll begin by saying bless Sen. Richard Burr’s heart for speaking pleasantries and pretending he’s not speaking to a man who is apart of an administration that would push Lady Liberty in the street for Vladimir Putin.
Sessions looked bored out of his mind while Sen. Warner spoke. Like he would have rather been at Paula Deen’s house watching Underground and rooting for the slave owners.
In sum, Sessions is a forgetful jackass who shouldn’t be attorney general and I hate myself for watching this Alabama doo doo bug dance around the truth. Well, I hate myself for watching everything minus this:
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Notice that Sessions told Sen. Reed that he was sorry for interrupting him yet whined about Sen. Harris. I can only imagine what made that walking whites only water fountain more congenial to him than her.
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Sen. Cornyn pretending to care about what James Comey did to Hillary Clinton is about as worthy a performance as Stacey Dash in anything she’s ever done.
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Sen. John McCain, who felt compelled to admonish Sen. Harris during her time, isn’t even on this committee. I wish that fake maverick would retire already.
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Once again, these old white men felt compelled to interrupt Sen. Harris’ questioning, trying to portray as angry and/or aggressive. Meanwhile, segregation now, segregation forever is the one getting testy and sassy.
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“I’m not able to be rushed this fast. It makes me nervous.” Put Jeff Sessions in white rice.
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Sen. Tom Cotton is a high grade level of annoying with his mocking of the investigation by asking, “Do you like Jason Borne or James Bond movies?” But thankfully, it’s Kamala time.
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Sen. Lankford managed to not actually ask a question during his minutes of questioning. But you know, some of the kids live for a monologue. And ass kissing.
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Sessions claims to have never received a detailed briefing on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and never asked for one. Insert your “USA! USA! USA!” chant here.
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Sen. King hates when you do not answer questions. To that end, Sessions just confirmed that 45 hasn’t asserted executive privilege. Let him tell it, though, “I am protecting the right of the president to assert it if he chooses.”
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Sen. Blunt is behaving like he’s Sessions’ defense lawyer. Or his lover and his secretary, working every day of the week.
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If we played a drinking game based on the number of times Sessions said he didn’t remember or couldn’t recall something, we all would have died 45 mins ago.
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Fed up Sen. Heinrich to Sessions: “You are obstructing a congressional investigation.”
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Sessions to Lou Dobbs during the presidential campaign: “[Comey has] done what his duty is, I think. He’s got evidence to go forward now with further criminal investigation. He has no other responsibility than to follow that and then tell the American people what he’s doing.”
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The guy who didn’t recuse himself until the press reported about his undisclosed contacts with Russian officials keeps saying he decided to recuse himself on “day one.” I don’t know who Sessions thinks he’s fooling, but just because you speak in Mayberry doesn’t mean we have to believe it.
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