The attorney general gave a speech to young conservatives Tuesday in which he mocked the way colleges are « coddling » students as part of a liberal movement. But attracting far more attention… Politics News Summaries.
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The attorney general gave a speech to young conservatives Tuesday in which he mocked the way colleges are « coddling » students as part of a liberal movement. But attracting far more attention is that Jeff Sessions laughed along as the high school students in the audience began chanting, « Lock her up » in reference to Hillary Clinton—and then repeated the line himself. Politico sees it as a « remarkable » utterance from the nation’s top law enforcement officer, though not all coverage was as concerned with it. A story on the speech by Fox News, for example, doesn’t mention it. The chant began amid Sessions’ ridicule of « supercilious snowflakes » on college campuses at the Turning Point USA High School Leadership Summit.
« I like this bunch, I gotta tell ya, you’re not going to be backing down. Go get ’em! Go get ’em! » he told the group. The chant then began, and Sessions, chuckling, repeated the line once himself, adding, « I heard that a long time over the last campaign. » The right-wing site Twitchy rounds up outraged reaction from « Twitter libs, » including former Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer, who said Session should resign immediately. « Wait a second, » points out Twitchy. « Isn’t this exactly what Donald Trump wants to happen, which could then trigger the end of the Mueller investigation? » (Before Sessions spoke, Nikki Haley had a much different message to the group: Enough with trying to « own the libs » in public discourse, she urged.)
