As our nation's pundits continue to debate whether new President-elect Donald Trump is himself a racist or merely has had an uncanny lifelong ability to surround himself with racists, let's look back at the man he believes ought to be in charge of enforcing the nation's laws. Here's Sen. Jeff Sessions last year, taking a contrarian opinion as the great majority of his fellow lawmakers finally decided, in the wake of the Charleston murders, that it was time to retire that damn confederate flag.
Sessions said he was no fan of any attempt to “erase history” or “who we are,” recalling his own family’s role in the Civil War. “This is a huge part of who we are and the left is continually seeking, in a host of different ways, it seems to me, I don’t want to be too paranoid about this, but they seek to delegitimize the fabulous accomplishments of our country,” the senator added....
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