Rep. Cedric Richmond, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, criticizes members testifying last as like being put to the "back of the bus."
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Richmond says he can deal with it, but that making John Lewis wait to testify last is noted and "beyond the pale."
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Richmond: "You all face a choice: Be courageous or be complicit," saying those who vote for him will own whatever Sessions does if confirmed
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Last up: William Smith, former Senate Judiciary Committee lawyer. "This process should be about facts, not political aspirations."
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Smith: Sessions "is a good Christian man, he is a good family man."
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Smith: "I have not seen the slightest evidence of racism, because it does not exist."
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And, at 1:55p, the confirmation hearing for Jeff Sessions' attorney general nomination is adjourned.
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Sen. Cory Booker, mobbed by media outside the hearing room.pic.twitter.com/cFFlyzA1WT
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Oh, the last pro-Sessions witness, William Smith, made gay-marriage-to-NAMBLA slippery slope args in 2009. More: http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/05/opposing-gay-marriage-gop-counsel-cited-pedophilia.html …pic.twitter.com/YUhCiLBMjo
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