Sharpton: Sessions a ‘nightmare’ attorney general candidate

Published January 6, 2017 3:25pm ET



Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders on Friday said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is “unfit” to be the next attorney general, and called on the Senate to reject him.

“To have Sen. Sessions as attorney general is a nightmare we cannot wake up from,” Sharpton said of Sessions.

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