Sessions’ selection caps bizarre year for Alabama politics

“I am honored to have been given this opportunity to serve and to work alongside President-elect Donald J. Trump to keep America safe”.

Over the last few days, as speculation about Sessions’ place in cabinet increased, the senator’s past has also been under a microscope.

The ultra-conservative lawyer who US President Elect Donald Trump has chosen to be his new Attorney General has previously expressed some freaky and worrying views, it has been reported.

“It’s inconceivable to me that a person of this attitude is qualified to be a USA attorney, let alone a United States federal judge”, Kennedy said. Sessions was one of three men named to posts on Friday.

“I am proud to nominate Congressman Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.He will be a brilliant and unrelenting leader for our intelligence community to ensure the safety of Americans and our allies”, Trump said. Jeff Sessions as attorney general is one more way the Trump administration shows its racist, xenophobic, homophobic and misogynist colors. “Senator Sessions has been a consistent conservative voice for Alabama, and while we will miss his principled leadership in the halls of Congress, we are proud to share him with our nation”. And so far, only a few concrete decisions have been made: Steve Bannon for chief strategist, Reince Priebus for chief of staff, Mike Flynn for national security adviser, and Alabama senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general. But he was rejected by the GOP-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee after critics accused him of making racially charged statements. In the “70s, Sessions joined the United States Army Reserve and eventually became a Captain, although he never had to serve overseas”. Sessions denounced the allegations as “ludicrous” at the time and has continued to deny allegations of racism, calling them “heartbreaking” in 2009. “It is inconceivable to me that a person of this attitude is qualified to be a US attorney, let alone a USA federal judge”. Sessions is well-known for his hard-line stance on illegal immigration and has called for the deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. He offered up a series of amendments of his own in an attempt to derail the bill.

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who has pushed both immigration and criminal justice overhauls, also plans to confirm Sessions, a spokesman confirmed Friday. Ted Cruz of Texas. “While Senator Sessions and I differ on a great many issues, I am committed to a full and fair process”.