Who Is Jeff Sessions? He’s A Man With Many Faces

Not really though. He’s kinda just a straightforward racist.

Alice C. Minium
4 min readJun 27, 2018

He’s the Attorney General of the United States. He’s the mind of statecraft behind Trump’s immigration policy. He has a long, well-documented history of opposing civil rights. But who is he, really? Who is that man who was forced to recuse himself from inquiries with the Special Counsel, who famously stated in his hearing with Robert Mueller, that when it came to potential acts of treason, “he does not recall?”

Who is this man we call Jeff Sessions?

He is a man with many faces.

The Just Enforcer

“Good people don’t smoke marijuana… Marijuana is not the kind of thing that should be legalized. That is, in fact, a very real danger.” -Jeff Sessions

The GOP Strut

“Carbon pollution is CO2, and that’s really not a pollutant; that’s a plant food, and it doesn’t harm anybody except that it might include temperature increases.” -Jeff Sessions

The Political Mansplain

“Those Access Hollywood tapes, I don’t characterize that as sexual assault. I think that’s a stretch.” -Jeff Sessions

The Big Daddy DEA

“I’m a big fan of the DEA.” -Jeff Sessions

The Rock, Paper, Scissors, Racism

“[‘Be careful what you say to white folks, boy] is not something I have ever said to a black. I am not the Jeff Sessions my opponents have made me out to be.” -Jeff Sessions

The “I Meant No Harm By It”

“I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it.” -Jeff Sessions

The Protector of White Privilege

“There’s no reason to force civil rights down the throats of people.” -Jeff Sessions

The Casual Hitler

“Is that lawyer a race traitor? Well, maybe he is.” -Jeff Sessions

The Well, Actually

“In many areas, blacks dominate the political area. Civil rights groups are asking for things beyond what they are justified in, and it hurts their position, you know.” -Jeff Sessions

The Big Papa Perjury/Russian Twist

“Now, I may have said I did not meet with the Russian ambassador, and what I meant was I don’t recall.” -Jeff Sessions

Wow! Yeah, that’s all I’ve got for you, dude.

I’m gonna be honest, this story is pretty much just 10 pictures of Jeff Sessions. These are the people crafting our policy! Inspiring, right? I’d say, “Let’s hold them accountable for the ways they’ve impaired the rights of our democracy!” But I mean, come on. I’ve heard that when it comes down to the fact of their own policies, they simply don’t recall.

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Alice C. Minium

Richmond-based writer, investigative researcher, and police abolitionist. Contact me at alice@openoversightva.org.