Canterbury: Law enforcement as the first line against addressing mental health is tough. "We'll never have the training" necessary for this.
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"Torture is not an American value," the first protester of the day at the Sessions hearing says.pic.twitter.com/yOJ1V4pguB
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Franken asks if ~anyone~ on the panel has evidence of millions of fraudulently case votes in this election. Silence from the panel.
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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.
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Brooks then speaks up, saying there are so few cases of voter fraud that it is basically zero.
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Graham questions why GOP gets bad NAACP scores, while Dems get good scores. Graham says it's odd, adds, "It speaks for itself."
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"Maybe we're all wrong, you're all right," Graham adds, but says that he doesn't think so.
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Brooks, re: Sessions & voting suppression. "We have no way to be confident ... that he would do all that is necessary" to protect the vote.
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Larry Thompson, on the Shelby County
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Hirono is up for questioning, raising the fact that DOJ has litigated to challenge voting laws under Holder/Lynch. Asks about Sessions.
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Brooks: "Based on [Sessions'] record, we have no reason to believe it would be a priority."
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Swadhin notes Sessions was one of a minority of the Republican Party to oppose VAWA reauthorization.
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ACLU legal director David Cole: "Our country's democracy depends upon a protection of the freedom of the press."
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