http://africandiasporaleaders.com/recipient/ The prospective attorney general and his allies attempt an image makeover, with an explicit appeal to African-Americans. Jeff Sessions took a surprise trip to South Carolina last week at the behest of the Senate’s only black Republican. His allies talk up how Sessions locked arms with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. And the senator, in a lengthy nominee questionnaire delivered this month, practically depicts himself as a civil rights hero. When the Senate takes up President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the nation’s next top law enforcement official in January, allegations of racism that have dogged Sessions for three decades running are certain to be his biggest liability. So he and his allies have mounted an aggressive public relations campaign to refashion Sessions’ image. http://africandiasporaleaders.com/rondaniels/
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/jeff-sessions-confirmation-race-232782
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