MTV host deletes tweets mocking Asian-American granddaughter of AG-nominee Jeff Sessions

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Alabama.com

An MTV host has deleted a tweet making fun of Sen. Jeff Sessions' Asian-American granddaughter.

The tweet from Ira Madison III, a host and writer for the music network, was posted this morning just as confirmation hearings for Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Attorney General, were getting underway.

"Sessions, sir, kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys R' Us you stole her from," Madison said as television cameras captured images of a young girl sitting on Sessions' lap. He later added "There is no reason for that child to be in his lap in a hearing other than to send an 'I'm not racist message."

"In fact, Americans have long used Asian-Americans as "model minorities" since the rise of the civil rights act," he said.

Read more: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/mtv_host_deletes_tweets_making.html

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. The real life James Woods (see Tweet in article) is a bigger dickwad than the Family Guy version. nt

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[MrPurple]

2. Fair game to make fun of Sessions with the Asian kid

Even if it is his granddaughter. How often do Senators sit in the Senate for photo ops with their grandchildren in their lap? And, Sessions just happens to be doing it during his confirmation hearing? Obviously, he's using the kid as a prop. Maybe, in his next hearing, Sessions can wear a Kangol cap and eat his lunch with chopsticks.

[Hortensis]

8. Only if it can be done without involving the child.

I'm not clever enough to come up with something now, but it could be.

[nytimes123]

3. according to jake tapper

according to jake tapper it happens all the time.

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/818856600718995456/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[MrPurple]

10. Actually, in that Kerry pic, all the seats are empty

The Kerry pic appears to have been taken after the hearing was over. All the seats are empty. In the Sessions pic, the seats are filled with Senators.

[NWCorona]

4. I personally think the tweet was in bad taste but the hypocritical outrage

From the right is hilarious considering the stuff thrown at Obama and Hillary.

[orleans]

5. when i saw this little girl on his lap

the first thing i thought was wtf is a little two year old doing at this hearing???

she seemed to be getting a bit restless and who in their right mind would be dragging a little kid (or ANY child for that matter) to sit still for what i thought was supposed to be an important hearing? unless he wasn't taking this seriously or his aim was to distract.

he's a jerk.

[Skittles]

6. that's a disgusting tweet

sorry, it is

no need to use a baby to tarnish a racist asshole

[democrank]

7. "Making fun" of Senator Sessions' granddaughter?

Disgusting

[bigworld]

9. I think it was mocking Sessions' use of her as a prop

Really, for what reason was she there other than to soften his image?

[MrPurple]

11. To provide a viewpoinit from Trump's intellectual perspective?