Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday and Twitter was sending out straight fire the entire time.
Sessions was being questioned about alleged Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election. Twitter was doing what it does best.
Here were our favorites:
when you have to testify why the cookies only have a single stripe instead of a double stripe #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/KXuIoOiATz
— shauna (@goldengateblond) June 13, 2017
If I was casting a racist for a movie and #JeffSessions walked in, I'd dismiss him for being too on the nose.
— Travon Free (@Travon) June 13, 2017
After listening to the #SessionsHearing which one of these is your current mood? #MoodBoard pic.twitter.com/WPbXBeSutQ
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 13, 2017
Every pothead Jeff Sessions wants to throw in jail has a better memory than Jeff Sessions
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) June 13, 2017
— Zack Handlen (@zhandlen) June 13, 2017
"no i am older and whiter"
— keely flaherty (@flahertykeely) June 13, 2017
"no i am"
"sir, how dare you"
"sir, how dare YOU, sir" pic.twitter.com/c0ADrkT0sF
"Do you remember having a meeting with the Russian Ambassador?" pic.twitter.com/2F5PuSt8vZ
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) June 13, 2017
"Many have suggested that my recusal is because...I may have done something wrong..."– #JeffSessions
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) June 13, 2017
Everyone else: pic.twitter.com/a7fK7Dw2i0
u vs the elf she tells u not to worry about pic.twitter.com/2CaagEqOd1
— Sebastian Murdock (@SebastianMurdoc) June 13, 2017
Mr Sessions, if you did not move to that crazy position on a shelf overnight, then who put you there? The parents? You are under oath sir
— Erin 🎶Gloria🎶 Ryan (@morninggloria) June 13, 2017
"What we have here is ... failure to communicate". pic.twitter.com/R6r6M2JFY8
— Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) June 13, 2017
Q: "Jeff Sessions, how many times have you met with the Russian ambassador?" #SessionsHearing
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) June 13, 2017
JS: pic.twitter.com/kCZQUAUBd2
"I do not recall" is the new "It wasn't me." #JeffSessions #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/nkTD7CpbVP
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) June 13, 2017
this TV show sure is lacking in diversity pic.twitter.com/azPFxv2J6h
— ✨dodai✨ (@dodaistewart) June 13, 2017
"Well, you was doin' 55 in a 54." pic.twitter.com/mOfFOuLbKU
— Peter Rubin (@provenself) June 13, 2017
Was just reminded of Sessions’s iconic performance in The ‘Burbs pic.twitter.com/AxxWmJGCop
— bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) June 13, 2017
Well, I do declare! pic.twitter.com/lBeppkU30H
— DORSEY (@dorseyshaw) June 13, 2017
"I did not violate my recusal" pic.twitter.com/zEHVj8h8nW
— Ziwe (@ziwe) June 13, 2017
wow, the #SessionsHearing is really eloquent so far pic.twitter.com/4J9r2u3ojm
— drewtoothpaste (@drewtoothpaste) June 13, 2017
"Mr. Session, are you now or have you ever been a Keebler elf?"#SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/Doe0jQK9uN
— Jonathan Riley (@JonRiley7) June 13, 2017
these twitter trends are about one event pic.twitter.com/eIPljyUiFT
— Mayor Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) June 13, 2017
IS THIS WHO'S ON FIRST Y'ALL ARE WASTING TIME RUSSIA'S ON FIRST pic.twitter.com/5L99Q5qOSS
— Mamoudou N'Diaye (@MamoudouNDiaye) June 13, 2017
Sessions and Wyden pic.twitter.com/8uzz8JoJmq
— Danielle Tcholakian (@danielleiat) June 13, 2017
Senators trying to get Sessions to actually answer a question #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/NITTbO8n6m
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 13, 2017
glib high school math tutor or united states senator pic.twitter.com/xUmRXIF2my
— jeff is dad af ✨ (@thecultureofme) June 13, 2017
Lock him up pic.twitter.com/G8kf08EttU
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) June 13, 2017
Jeff Sessions cooking up stories for this hearing. #SessionsHearing #LSSC pic.twitter.com/6K60sbWfmM
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 13, 2017
Never stop, Twitter. Never
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