Larry Thompson talking with Sen. Orrin Hatch before today's hearing.pic.twitter.com/x8lKluBQvG
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Cornyn asks Canterbury about law enforcement dealing w mental health issues. Canterbury: State/local $$$ for mental health has diminished.
Canterbury: Law enforcement as the first line against addressing mental health is tough. "We'll never have the training" necessary for this.
"Torture is not an American value," the first protester of the day at the Sessions hearing says.pic.twitter.com/yOJ1V4pguB
Franken asks if ~anyone~ on the panel has evidence of millions of fraudulently case votes in this election. Silence from the panel.
Graham's counter to Franken's question, asks panelists to speak up if there are NO fraudulent votes cast. No one speaks up at first.
Brooks then speaks up, saying there are so few cases of voter fraud that it is basically zero.
Graham questions why GOP gets bad NAACP scores, while Dems get good scores. Graham says it's odd, adds, "It speaks for itself."
"Maybe we're all wrong, you're all right," Graham adds, but says that he doesn't think so.
Brooks, re: Sessions & voting suppression. "We have no way to be confident ... that he would do all that is necessary" to protect the vote.
Cole says Sessions has shown "a failure to recognize discrimination."
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