Why Jeff Sessions said 'lock her up' -- and why it matters

[spanone]

Video of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III at link....

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/sessions-lock-her-up/index.html

(CNN)On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was speaking to a crowd of young conservatives when a "lock her up!" chant broke out -- a reference to the alleged crimes of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. "Lock her up," Sessions said, laughing. "I heard that a long time over the last campaign."

Ha Ha Ha ... oh wait, this is the top law enforcement officer of the United States joking about imprisoning a former secretary of state (and first lady), despite the fact that no actual charges have been filed against Clinton. And by the way, Sessions authorized the top federal prosecutor in Utah to look into whether the FBI didn't look deeply enough into Cinton's actions related to an energy company named Uranium One.

This would be like the commissioner of Major League Baseball authorizing an investigation into alleged steroid use on the New York Yankees and then being caught on camera at Fenway Park with a Red Sox jersey on chanting "Yankees suck!"

Why is Sessions doing something that quite obviously politicizes the office of attorney general and raises questions about his own ability to be objective? Because he knows that it will make the one person who truly matters to his professional life -- Donald John Trump -- very, very happy.

[Solly Mack]

1. Horrid little termite

[maxsolomon]

2. Let the Show Trials commence!

Every day, Ur-Fascism grows stronger.

[exboyfil]

3. Motion in the Senate to censure Sessions

and bring in for Hearings.

[riversedge]

4. Call your Congress members, both Dem and Repub and Repug. Complain.

[malaise]

5. I have long said that Hillary Clinton needs to sue them all. She has been cleared

several times. And what the fuck was he laughing about with those young nazis?

[spanone]

7. that is really disturbing.... conservative high school students shouting 'lock her up'

[procon]

6. Democrats would be right not to expect any fair or unbiased decisions

coming out of the DoJ as long as Sessions is there. He made a total mockery of his office by tossing aside the rule of law in favor scoring some petty revenge on a political opponent. He also let himself be swayed by the misguided conduct of high school students who were very likely coached by adults who exploited their naivete and inexperience.

[FirstLight]

8. Reprehensible...

yea, is that the word?

ANY other AG in ANY other Administration would have been shamed into resigning by now, or this would have surely been the last straw...

oh, that's right, we are living in bizarro-world

[spanone]

9. I think that's a perfect word!

[FirstLight]

13. Thanks

Hope we make it through this nightmare intact ...

[lancelyons]

10. Its the BASE Stupid...

No offense and playing off the its the economy stupid.. What they are doing is CONTINUING to stoke their base.. Keep them attached.. Keep them at 88%. NOTHING more and NOTHING less.

All of them are playing to their base because that is their power.. if they leave...trump is done.

[AdamGG]

11. The sad thing is, if Sessions leaves, Dump would appoint someone even more corrupt

who would not be recused from the Mueller investigation

[peekaloo]

12. The two minute hate for those with short attention spans.

courtesy of the Trump Youth