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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Jeff Sessions Defends Trump On Muslim Ban, Says It's 'Appropriate To Begin To Discuss This'
fuck these bigots
Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican who helped Donald Trump craft his far-right immigration platform, came cautiously to Trumps defense today after Trump proposed banning all Muslims from entering the United States. Sessions said that Trump was treading on dangerous ground but that it is appropriate to begin to discuss the issue.
Well, hes treading on dangerous ground, Sessions told Stephen Bannon on Breitbart News SiriusXM program this morning, because Americans are so deeply committed to freedom of religion, that is a major part of who we are.
But, he added, at the same time, were in an age thats very dangerous and were seeing more and more persons enter and a lot of them have done terrorist acts and a lot of them believe its commanded by their religion So I think its appropriate to begin to discuss this, and he has forced that discussion. We may even have a discussion about it in Judiciary Committee today. But, you know, its time for us to think this through and the classical, internal American religious principles I dont think apply providing constitutional protections to persons not citizens who want to come here.
As a principle, we want to be not condemnatory of other peoples religion, he continued. And there are millions of wonderful, decent, good Muslims, hundreds of millions worldwide, and so weve got to be really careful that we don't cross that line and I guess Mr. Trump has caused us all to think about it more concretely.
Well, hes treading on dangerous ground, Sessions told Stephen Bannon on Breitbart News SiriusXM program this morning, because Americans are so deeply committed to freedom of religion, that is a major part of who we are.
But, he added, at the same time, were in an age thats very dangerous and were seeing more and more persons enter and a lot of them have done terrorist acts and a lot of them believe its commanded by their religion So I think its appropriate to begin to discuss this, and he has forced that discussion. We may even have a discussion about it in Judiciary Committee today. But, you know, its time for us to think this through and the classical, internal American religious principles I dont think apply providing constitutional protections to persons not citizens who want to come here.
As a principle, we want to be not condemnatory of other peoples religion, he continued. And there are millions of wonderful, decent, good Muslims, hundreds of millions worldwide, and so weve got to be really careful that we don't cross that line and I guess Mr. Trump has caused us all to think about it more concretely.
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Senator Jeff Sessions Defends Trump On Muslim Ban, Says It's 'Appropriate To Begin To Discuss This' (Original Post)
spanone
Dec 2015
OP
There are no buts,Beauregard
pampango
(24,692 posts)2. Good ol' Jeff. Now there's a guy who has never met a foreigner, Muslim or otherwise, whom he likes.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)3. Short-changed by the lord and dumb as a jackass n/t
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. No time to vet judicial candidates
But Chairman Sessions will spend committee time talking about patent nonsense. Now there's a good use of legislative time.
lpbk2713
(42,763 posts)5. This chit must really get old to Alabama DUers.
You have my sympathy.
spanone
(135,855 posts)6. i'm just north of him in tennessee when the winds right, you can smell 'im