Jeff Sessions

Will you sign and share the petition asking Congress to reject Sessions' nomination for attorney general?

Dear MoveOn member,

I'm Benard Simelton, the Alabama State Conference president of the NAACP.

I was arrested last night while taking part in a nonviolent sit-in at Senator Jeff Sessions' Mobile office in Alabama to oppose his nomination for attorney general. He is wholly unqualified to be the nation's top law enforcement official, as demonstrated by his long and troubling record in opposition to civil and human rights.¹

Will you click here to sign and share my petition asking Congress to reject Sessions' nomination? It's urgent: congressional hearings to approve his appointment start next week.

Members of Congress must reject the nomination of Jeff Sessions as attorney general. As a known racist with a long record of opposing civil rights and equality, it is unimaginable that he could be entrusted to serve as the nation's top law enforcement official.

As the highest law enforcement official, the attorney general has the responsibility to protect the civil and human rights of Americans of all races, colors, and genders. Senator Sessions is not that person and presents an extreme danger to the equality, diversity, and inclusiveness that the U.S. has achieved over the last decade.

There are just days left to urge your members of Congress to block the appointment of Sessions. Click here to sign the petition.

There are many reasons for Congress to block the appointment of Jeff Sessions:

• He has a long history of opposing civil rights enforcement and making racist statements.²
• He has championed voter suppression.³
• He opposes hate crime protections for LGBTQ victims.⁴
• He has opposed multiple efforts to address pay equity for women.⁵
• He is a staunch opponent of legal immigration.⁶

...and so much more. In the words of U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez, "If you have nostalgia for the days when Blacks kept quiet, gays were in the closet, immigrants were invisible and women stayed in the kitchen, Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is your man."⁷

Diversity, equality, and compassion make America stronger. We must stand together and resist any effort to divide us up and strip away the progress that we've made.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Benard Simelton

Sources:

1. "Civil Rights Activists Arrested For Protest Over Jeff Sessions As Attorney General," NPR, January 4, 2017
http://act.moveon.org/go/7378?t=6&akid=175761.10220574.ZyNjPi

2. "Jeff Sessions’ Record on Civil Rights, Race Revisited After Trump’s Attorney General Tap," The Associated Press, November 19, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/7379?t=8&akid=175761.10220574.ZyNjPi

3. "Donald Trump’s atrocious attorney general pick: Jeff Sessions will roll back voting rights and civil rights," Salon, November 18, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/7380?t=10&akid=175761.10220574.ZyNjPi

4. "Jeff Sessions Fought Against Hate Crime Protections for LGBT Victims," Mother Jones, November 22, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/7381?t=12&akid=175761.10220574.ZyNjPi

5. "Senator Jeff Sessions’ Problematic Record on Women’s Rights," National Women's Law Center, December 20, 2016
https://act.moveon.org/go/7382?t=14&akid=175761.10220574.ZyNjPi

6. "Sessions' Anti-Immigration Influence Will Go Far Beyond His Role as Attorney General," Mother Jones, November 18, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/7383?t=16&akid=175761.10220574.ZyNjPi

7. "Trump picks Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general," Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/7384?t=18&akid=175761.10220574.ZyNjPi

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