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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 06:21 PM Jun 2018

Jeff Sessions on Separating Families: 'We Never Really Intended to Do That'

Source: Mediate


by Josh Feldman | 5:12 pm, June 21st, 2018



Attorney General Jeff Sessions went on record recently defending family separation at the border. He invoked the Bible when defending the policy.

And back in May, Sessions publicly stated, “If you are smuggling a child then we will prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you as required by law. If you don’t like that, then don’t smuggle children over our border.”

Today, after the executive order the President signed yesterday, the Attorney General spoke with CBN’s David Brody, who said, “The media narrative out there has been the administration caving to pressure, that these optics have not been good for the administration.”

“It hasn’t been good,” Sessions said. “And the American people don’t like the idea that we’re separating families. We never really intended to do that. What we intended to was to make sure that adults who bring children into the country are charged with the crime they’ve committed instead of giving that special group of adults immunity from prosecution.”

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Jeff Sessions on Separating Families: 'We Never Really Intended to Do That' (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
Filthy liars, the whole lot. spooky3 Jun 2018 #1
Not the first time he's lied. RandomAccess Jun 2018 #2
Were His Lips Moving? ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #29
In other news, an aide informs Sessions that videotape has been invented. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #41
Lie! DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #3
Bullshit. suffragette Jun 2018 #4
YOU. FUCKING. LIAR. Raster Jun 2018 #5
I have a good friend who lives in The Hague. He and his wife are ready to welcome pangaia Jun 2018 #19
Of course they intended to do that! Sophiegirl Jun 2018 #6
Bull Shit-----------------your a fucking LIAR also............. turbinetree Jun 2018 #7
Liar! You're the damned AG of the USA. You don't get to make that kind of error Wwcd Jun 2018 #8
Horse Hockey Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #9
I call BS vlyons Jun 2018 #10
Ditto to everyone calling lying bullshit. Your administration... Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #11
Attorney Pig of the USA OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #12
'We Never Really Intended to Do That' Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2018 #13
Seriously, I laughed at the absurdity. Jedi Guy Jun 2018 #35
Ok Jeffrey.... defacto7 Jun 2018 #14
They are both. nt tblue37 Jun 2018 #42
Is There Anything, Anything at All That This Administration Doesn't Lie About? dlk Jun 2018 #15
For all the lying and gaslighting these scumbags do, John Fante Jun 2018 #16
So which is it, you hamhock?! Aristus Jun 2018 #17
Except you're on record saying it's intended to be a deterrent. meadowlander Jun 2018 #18
+ struggle4progress Jun 2018 #25
Just trying to look better for his church bluestarone Jun 2018 #20
It directly contradicts what he has said about it before and what is reported about behind-the-scene Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #21
Right. And now you go under the bus. ucrdem Jun 2018 #22
I recall that Sessions gave us Biblical justification for it. Dave Starsky Jun 2018 #23
Take Sessions, Trump Nielsen et all into a room. forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #24
These people are so stupid Snellius Jun 2018 #26
Jeff Sessions wants to go back to the days of Lynching Picnics JI7 Jun 2018 #27
I really don't understand why msm doesn't call out the lies dreamland Jun 2018 #28
It's impossible to keep up Snellius Jun 2018 #30
I saw Morning Joe do just that this morning leftynyc Jun 2018 #31
:thumbsup: dreamland Jun 2018 #33
Yeah, CNN has been calling them out. Jedi Guy Jun 2018 #36
Joe Scar and Erin Burnett are also leftynyc Jun 2018 #38
No argument from me. Jedi Guy Jun 2018 #40
How do they not burst into flames Danmel Jun 2018 #32
Yeah, right dalton99a Jun 2018 #34
All I'm hearing from him is...... marble falls Jun 2018 #37
incompetent or evil - which one is it Jeff? Or is it both? - n/t Locrian Jun 2018 #39
 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
2. Not the first time he's lied.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 06:24 PM
Jun 2018

And surely won't be the last. At least this wasn't under oath, like some of his other lies.

ProfessorGAC

(65,466 posts)
29. Were His Lips Moving?
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:21 AM
Jun 2018

Well, then he was lying. Surely it won't be his last? Damn skippy! It's all he does.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
5. YOU. FUCKING. LIAR.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jun 2018

Yes, you fucking malignant, evil little elf, you and the Orange Anus* you work for MOST CERTAINLY meant to split up families. YOU SAID AS MUCH! And now that the ENTIRE WORLD knows that you're an evil piece of shit, and even your church hates you, you're gonna try and walk this one back?

I. DO. NOT. THINK. SO.

Serving as Chief House Elf for a sociopath has consequences and here's hoping you and your boss both get "invited" to appear at The Hague.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
19. I have a good friend who lives in The Hague. He and his wife are ready to welcome
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:19 PM
Jun 2018

all these bastards.

Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)
6. Of course they intended to do that!
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jun 2018

Because they are evil and without moral compass. Oh, and Sessions stands to profit for the kidnapping and jailing of children and babies.

It makes me physically sick. These bastards need to be stopped.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
8. Liar! You're the damned AG of the USA. You don't get to make that kind of error
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 06:28 PM
Jun 2018

Liar.
Every other statement he made on this subject says he's now lying in a very mocking way

Gfy

Jedi Guy

(3,289 posts)
35. Seriously, I laughed at the absurdity.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 08:40 AM
Jun 2018

Like they put this policy in place, and shortly thereafter they realized they had a captive population of children? Did some jackwagon from ICE look around one day and say "Heeeeeey, wait a second! These cages weren't full of kids yesterday!" Then he got on the horn to DC and everyone there was just as surprised as he was. I mean really, it's an easy mistake to make. Who among us hasn't accidentally imprisoned thousands of kids, right? It's like losing your car keys, it happens to lots of people...

meadowlander

(4,413 posts)
18. Except you're on record saying it's intended to be a deterrent.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:56 PM
Jun 2018

Sorry Jeff. No incompetence defence for you.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,088 posts)
21. It directly contradicts what he has said about it before and what is reported about behind-the-scene
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:28 PM
Jun 2018

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142091146

White House reporter reveals Trump thought jailing babies would be a culture war win like NFL bashing

Sessions is mentioned in that article as agreeing with Trump and being part of the Trump Child Abductions plot.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
23. I recall that Sessions gave us Biblical justification for it.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:57 PM
Jun 2018

The wise and clear counsel of the Apostle Paul in Romans 13, or some such bullshit.

forgotmylogin

(7,540 posts)
24. Take Sessions, Trump Nielsen et all into a room.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:54 PM
Jun 2018

Blare this Clockwork Orange style for 48 hours:



Of course I'm kidding about the Clockwork Orange part...

How about we make them learn this song with choreography and costumes and perform it show-choir style at the next press briefing?

Snellius

(6,881 posts)
26. These people are so stupid
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 05:04 AM
Jun 2018

They have never thought any of this through. They thought they were so much smarter than previous administrations who understood where this policy would lead. Then they rashly changed course. Without thinking it through. Now they have a huge mess. A huge trap of their own making. One wonders if Trump's biggest fault is not so much callousness as it is incompetence.

JI7

(89,289 posts)
27. Jeff Sessions wants to go back to the days of Lynching Picnics
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 05:15 AM
Jun 2018

ugly little racist fucking asshole

dreamland

(964 posts)
28. I really don't understand why msm doesn't call out the lies
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:17 AM
Jun 2018

By presenting a side-by-side of what was stated and their new lies. People have short memories, so they get away with so much sht.

Snellius

(6,881 posts)
30. It's impossible to keep up
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:28 AM
Jun 2018

The lies have become so thick and persistent from Trump that the only way to avoid fake news is to not repeat anything they say. It's total bullshit. All of it. Truth is reality TV. Putin won.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
31. I saw Morning Joe do just that this morning
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:35 AM
Jun 2018

Showed what he said before and what he showed yesterday. I'm pretty sure I saw Erin Burnett (that's two different companies) do it last night.

Jedi Guy

(3,289 posts)
36. Yeah, CNN has been calling them out.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 08:45 AM
Jun 2018

Don Lemon and Anderson Cooper have done it quite a bit. More importantly, I've seen SE Cupp and Ana Navarro both calling Trump and his cronies out. They're both conservative commentators, so hopefully that'll blunt the "angry liberals" narrative Trump likes to spew about negative coverage.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
38. Joe Scar and Erin Burnett are also
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:05 AM
Jun 2018

not Democrats. None of their doing their job now takes away from the fact they're ALL responsible for giving donnie all that free air time to spew his vomit all over the airways. They helped get him elected by pretending Hillary's emails was a real scandal and spending months whining about them.

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