Jeff Sessions Irked By Crying Child, Says Enough With The Histrionics

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Run time: 09:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cTojNqjnP4   Posted on YouTube: June 03, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 06, 2009 By DU Member: Amerigo Vespucci Views on DU: 2120

 

Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee had a hearing on the Uniting American Families Act, a bill that will "amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships." Of course, some of the discrimination that the bill would eliminate would benefit same-sex couples, so, CONTROVERSY!

One of the people who testified in support of the bill was a woman named Shirley Tan, who is in a same-sex relationship and thus caught in the crosshairs of existing law. The New Republic's James Kirchick documents her circumstances thusly:

Testifying was Shirley Tan, a Fillipino woman who has been with her American partner for 23 years. Together, they are raising twelve-year-old twin boys. She originally left the Phillipines after suffering a violent attack from a man who murdered her mother and sister (one of the reasons why Tan does not want to return to her native country, aside from the fact that her partner and children live in the U.S., is that the man who brutalized her has since been released from prison.) Tan was originally scheduled to be deported on April 3rd, but won a reprieve after Senator Diane Feinstein introduced a private bill allowing her to stay in the country temporarily.

Almost right from the start of Tan's testimony, one of Tan's young children started crying. The committee chairman, Pat Leahy, paused the testimony and offered the child some measure of comfort. According to Kirchick, these kindly sentiments were not shared by everyone on the committee:

For most people, the sight of a 12-year-old boy in tears at the prospect of his mother being deported halfway around the world would invoke some sympathy. Unmoved, however, was Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions, ranking minority member of the Committee and the only Republican to bother to attend the hearing. At the sight of the weeping boy, according to a Senate staffer who was at the hearing, Sessions leaned towards one of his aides and sighed, "Enough with the histrionics." Sessions's press secretary did not return a call seeking comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/05/jeff-sessions-irked-by-cr_n_211786.html

[Mythsaje]

1. And here we were thinking the Terminators were a movie invention...

:evilgrin:

[armyowalgreens]

2. I'm ashamed to have played Sessions in a congressional simulation in class.

He's such a racist prick.

[Libertas1776]

3. Sessions

what a grade A scumbag. Thank God for Sen Leahy, just about the only guy I actually respect in that two bit pony show they call the US Senate.:patriot:

[underpants]

4. Did he complain about Alito's wife?

[Metta]

5. Now, there's real Supreme Court mettle. If only he wasn't a racist, too.

Call the waaambulance.

[AlbertCat]

6. "Enough with the histrionics."

Amen Senator! Enough with RW fake outrage and macho posturing and the fake "deep" concern about racism!

Or did you think the little boy was coached to cry?

[nosmokes]

7. We need to start callin him by his middle name,Beauregard, to help expose

his racist,misogynistic,homophobic and xenophobic agenda.

I'd bet large at short odds the mofo's favorite recurring masturbatory fantasy involves him in a confederate uniform and 'negress'slaves, probably underage.

[edc]

17. That would be

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III to be exact.

[nosmokes]

18. mah apologies suh

you can't even say that name w/o using a southern accent.

[liberaltrucker]

8. To my shame

Sessions is right down there with my other Senator: Shelby.

We Alabamians certainly can pick 'em, huh?

:puke:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

9. You can see the soulessness in Sessions' eyes

kinda like those Moonies in CA some years back who committed mass suicide.

[HDPaulG]

10. ???

In what time line in this 9 minute video did the Sen. Sessions(R) state "Enough with the histrionics"? I watched 2 times...either the video is fu**ed up or I am. ; )

[HDPaulG]

11. Watched again....

No reference to Sessions....

DU becoming misleading?

[HDPaulG]

12. D.U

Misleading...No more $ from me....

[moggie]

13. You don't have a donor star...

[WatchWhatISay]

14. Ok, so next time, keep your 39 cents.

Do you think its possible the original poster might not have seen your post yet? And that is DUs fault?

[theFrankFactor]

15. Get the fuck out then

1. If you read the fucking article there is no promise that the offending quote by that fuckin' asshole Sessions is IN THE VIDEO.

It was, as you might gather if you READ THE FUCKIN' THING, an aside, a side comment as in:

"according to a Senate staffer who was at the hearing, Sessions leaned towards one of his aides and sighed, "Enough with the histrionics." Sessions's press secretary did not return a call seeking comment."

2. The video provides supporting material in that it shows the woman, the child and the testimony.

[theFrankFactor]

16. Wanna Hear Sessions?

Here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5YJCDAVe2I

24 caret knuckle draggin' moron and social retard.