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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 01:17 PM Nov 2016

Trump AG pick Jeff Sessions fears Kenyan immigrants in the military are more likely to be spies

In a 2012 interview, Jeff Sessions—Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general—told a radio host immigrants should not be allowed to serve in the military, arguing that immigrants are more likely to be spies, the Intercept reports.

Speaking with radio host Lars Larson in April 2014, Sessions asked, “in terms of who’s going to be most likely to be a spy: somebody from Cullman, Alabama, or somebody from Kenya?”

“We’re going in the wrong direction in a lot of ways,” Sessions continued. “Our head isn’t thinking clearly, at a time when this country needs a good military, last thing we need to be doing is turning out of our military of people who served and bringing in people who are illegally in the country.”

Sessions added it is “unbelievable” that during times of high unemployment, Americans are being turned down to serve in the military. “I just think this is not the right thing to do right now,” he said, referring to recruiting immigrants.

more:

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/trump-ag-pick-jeff-sessions-fears-kenyan-immigrants-in-the-military-are-more-likely-to-be-spies/

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Trump AG pick Jeff Sessions fears Kenyan immigrants in the military are more likely to be spies (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2016 OP
I don't know if he is monumentally ignorant, certifiably insane or both. LonePirate Nov 2016 #1
vicious and hateful too. nt WhiteTara Nov 2016 #2
B careful what you wish for, Jeff. HassleCat Nov 2016 #3
I know how he must feel Turbineguy Nov 2016 #4
 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
3. B careful what you wish for, Jeff.
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 01:43 PM
Nov 2016

I know many of those rejected applicants, and they're not "your kind of people." If you know what I mean, Jeff.

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