Notable Quotes
“Everybody in this body knows Senator Sessions well, knows that he is a man of integrity, a man of principle,” Senator Dan Sullivan, Republican of Alaska.
“There should be no question that he is more than qualified to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer.” Senator Charles Grassley
Unfounded/Discredited Attack(s)
Claimed he didn’t have the right political beliefs
Claimed he was racist
Claimed he didn’t respect the U.S. Constitution
Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, said that on civil rights, immigration, abortion, criminal sentencing guidelines and a range of other issues, Mr. Sessions had been far outside the mainstream and had pushed “extreme policies” often targeting minorities.
