Jeff Sessions: "We're Going To Do That Crack Cocaine Thing" (VIDEO)

Senator Jeff Sessions simultaneously shocked and cracked up the Sotomayor hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday afternoon when he said he was looking forward to doing "that crack cocaine thing" with Senator Patrick Leahy and Wade Henderson, the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

Sessions, in a casual tone, said "Mr. Henderson, It's good to work with you. Senator Leahy and I are talking during these hearings, we're going to do that crack cocaine thing that you and I have talked about before."

After an awkward pause, Henderson laughed to himself and said, "Thank you, Senator, I appreciate that."

While the Senate gallery laughed, and witnesses including NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former FBI director Louis Freeh snickered, Sessions sputtered, "Let me correct the record."

Sessions explained: "I misspoke. We're going to reduce the burden of penalties in some of the crack cocaine cases and make them fair."

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Comments

[Philip Combs]

Remember folks guys like this @ssclown are 'running the country...' Yeah, right into the ditch.

[philmoslim]

AWW POOR GOP he just couldn't help his self

[mrwonderful617]

"Oh that was too funny...it read better than the clip though!"

[cactusgal]

I just wish I could buy a box of Advil Cold & Sinus without having to let the pharmacist feel me up every time. I'm going through that stuff like candy.

[ObamAtomic]

You crack me up,lol

[labman57]

You'll need to ask Sessions to address that "crystal meth thing" to tackle this problem.

[fabricnthreads]

The witty branch of the GOP.

[shespeaks]

Now they're all trying to be Al Franken. But they don't now how. Comedy takes wit...which takes intelligence. None here.

[shespeaks]

oops. don't "know" how. typing and proofreading malfunctions, not merely stupidity.

[Lahonda]

I "know" you're right on the money!

[thenextquagmire]

The We're Going To? It appears that they have done that Crack Cocaine Thing.


I have been wondering what THOSE GOP GUYS, have been on.

[toggan]

LOL...This man is craaazeee.