The decision to let black lawmakers testify against attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions only at the end of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing process similar to how blacks were forced to ride at the back of the bus decades ago, a black lawmaker argued Wednesday.
Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., leveled that charge against Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, at the end of the second day of hearings on Sessions, R-Ala.
Richmond said that putting he, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at the end of the hearing “the equivalent of being made to go to the back of the bus.”
Richmond went on to criticize Sessions’ record and say he should not be the next attorney general.
“Having us testify at the end of this session, is equivalent to sitting at the back of the bus” pic.twitter.com/ZCu8r6516v
— Rep Cedric Richmond (@RepRichmond) January 11, 2017
