parabasis wrote:
"I thought the Klan was ok, until I found out they smoked marijuana. Good people don't smoke marijuana" Jeff Sessions, 1986 under oath while attempting to get confirmed for a federal judgeship.
As you can see, he was not at all concerned that the KKK raped, lynched, and beat colored people without cause...just that they smoked marijuana. That was his only beef.
I know sarcasm is hard for some people here, it's doesn't convey for you maybe, but that clearly was a joke. Democrats politicized judicial confirmations in the 80s like never before which we are still feeling the repercussions of today.