Posted on 08/08/2018 5:41:38 PM PDT by marktwain
On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions denounced the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for weaponizing its "hate group" designations against conservative organizations, and pledged that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not partner with hate groups or groups that defame Americans. He spoke in front of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian legal organization that has won 9 Supreme Court cases in the last seven years and that has been unfairly defamed as a "hate group" by the SPLC.
"I have ordered a review at the Department of Justice to make sure that we do not partner with any groups that discriminate," the attorney general declared. "We will not partner with groups that unfairly defame Americans for standing up for the Constitution or their faith."
He made this promise shortly after explaining the history of the Southern Poverty Law Center. "People of faith are facing a new hostility. Really, a bigoted ideology which is founded on animus towards people of faith," Sessions declared. "You'll notice that they don't rely on the facts. They don't make better arguments. They don't propose higher ideals. No, they just call people nameslike 'hate group.'"
"Does that sound familiar?" Sessions quipped.
"You know Im from Alabamathe home of the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that did important work in the South, vital work at a pivotal time," the attorney general explained.
He admitted that "there were hate groups in the South I grew up in. They attacked the life, liberty, and the very worth of minority citizens."
Sessions recalled working with the SPLC to secure the death penalty for a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
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He hasnt done anything. He made a fairly bland statement about a known scumbag organization. No action. Nothing. Hes weak and useless.
I’ll give him that. This was a positive message and realignment of priorities.
He wakes up for immigration but ignores the rest of the job.
Granny do the right thing and step down.
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Granny had spunk.
She was fearless.
Jeff... ???
Didnt know that but am not surprised the weak Deep State scumbag Sessions did so.
Sessions can live with his depts in the act of trying to take our President out... while there are criminals all around him.. top officials, all guilty of crimes.. and he does nothing!
The very ones attacking Trump, are the ones guilty of crimes that are being overlooked. How could this happen in the United States!
Some white trash d00d that comes out yells something every few months.
Just ignore him.
great picture
But other Republicans said they would vote for Mr. Holder despite his acknowledged mistakes. Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, for example, said he was sure that Mr. Holder would be a responsible legal officer and not a politician.
Good grief! Has Rip always been this stupid???
Easy there, Jeff...
You dont want to appear TOO AGRESSIVE when it comes to fighting corruption...
People might think you’re a big meanie guy!
The SPLC is also a major player in the Confederate statue removal campaign and definitely used its financial resources to attempt to destroy the Sons of Confederate Veterans by paying certain SCV officers in some North Carolina camps to attempt to start a movement to split the SCV by creating a fake entity called the “Real SCV’ as opposed to the racist SCV. The effort failed but caused a lot of heart burn and lasting bad feelings in the NC SCV department. SPLC is excrement as is its leader.
Designate them as a hate group and get it over with. That’s all they are anyway.
Oh..wait! I forgot, he's a GREAT 4D chess player. /s
Denouncing them by name is a very big deal. I have to think that CNN and the usual suspects won’t highlight this development, at least not right away, but the VP talking smack about the SPLC is another pendulum that is starting to reverse. Actions speak louder than words, of course, so we’ll see.
Good. The SPLC is a Leftist hate group and must not be legitimized by any governmental body.
More winning. The federal government should never use a hyper-partisan leftist organization like the SPLC. I was briefed by folks who used the SPLC as a source and they basically told me that all white people are racists.
More winning, please.
JoMa
“Who is this guy?”
Oh, he is the AG. He is in charge of the justice department, the FBI and all elements of the legal system in the United States.
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