Pete Sessions said a Highland Park man killed his own wife for being 'unfair,' and Democrats pounced

National Democratic groups are pouncing on Congressman Pete Sessions, a Dallas Republican, for saying in a video that a local woman carried responsibility for being "unfair" to her husband, who shot and killed her in a fit of "frustration" over their no-fault divorce case.

A video uploaded to YouTube on June 23 shows Sessions commenting on area domestic violence cases in previous years while speaking to Jeff Morgan, a conservative activist based in Garland. It was first reported Wednesday by Talking Points Memo, a left-leaning political news site.

In the video, Sessions — who is facing a stiff challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in a competitive race for re-election — brings up a case from Highland Park, in which a "big-time guy" shot and killed his wife.

"That was because the judge was unfair, and the woman was unfair. And she demanded something, and he was out. And it was frustration," Sessions said in the video from a Greater Garland Republican Organization event. "So now we go through the court system. And unfortunately lives have to be lost and there has to be tragedy — there now is a better system."

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