Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was addressing students at Turning Point USA’s High School Leadership Summit when a chant of “Lock her up!” broke out. And you won’t believe what happened next:
The attorney general of the united states just joined a chant of "lock her up" at an event in DC.
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) July 24, 2018
The video: Attorney General Jeff Sessions laughing, saying "Lock her up!" along with a crowd this morning:https://t.co/IqNNmzRMc1 pic.twitter.com/tbUZojWnpc
— Peter Stevenson (@PeterWStevenson) July 24, 2018
JUST IN: AG Sessions laughingly joins in “lock her up!” chant while speaking at a high school leadership summit in DC. pic.twitter.com/3oAFgRLgsI
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 24, 2018
JUST IN: AG Sessions laughingly echoes "lock her up" as audience at a high school leadership summit in DC begins chant. pic.twitter.com/csv194SpU5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 24, 2018
WATCH: Attorney General Jeff Sessions joins ‘lock her up’ chant at rally for GOP teenagers https://t.co/rRxe1zPov4
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 24, 2018
Jeff Sessions joined a "lock her up" chant — a sentiment about arresting Hillary Clinton — at a "high school leadership conference" today in DC. pic.twitter.com/N5pQIIuWRi
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) July 24, 2018
Jeff Sessions Laughs, Joins Chants of ‘Lock Her Up’ During Speech to High Schoolers https://t.co/tCdlN2gQLR pic.twitter.com/l84Rxd3JP1
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) July 24, 2018
Watch: AG Jeff Sessions Laughs When High School Students Chant 'Lock Her Up!' — And Repeats the Mantra Himself https://t.co/wPNTu3mkT6
— AlterNet (@AlterNet) July 24, 2018
Our media betters are all over this:
AG Jeff Sessions is speaking in front of high school students in DC this morning. The students began chanting "Lock Her Up". Sessions repeated the phrase "Lock Her Up" with a chuckle.
It is July 24th 2018…
— Jason Hoffman (@JasonHoffman93) July 24, 2018
Just Jeff Sessions, the top US law enforcement official, laughing and joining in on a chant about imprisoning the president's political rival. pic.twitter.com/MMqm0IwFO3
— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 24, 2018
Here is white supremacist Keebler elf Jeff Sessions saying "lock her up" 20.5 months after the election.
This is completely absurd and unacceptable.pic.twitter.com/Bg4UxGTMNV
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) July 24, 2018
Beyond the top law enforcement officer of US chanting to lock up a (never charged) political rival of the President, why now?
He had ample opportunity on the 2016 trail. https://t.co/lHwZKokc8k— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1021766231681101824
Let me guess, Trump is ok with this political bias in the DOJ: https://t.co/vpA247goMF
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) July 24, 2018
1. This is the attorney general of the United States.
2. Am amazed that "Lock Her Up" is still a thing — given the *actual* prison time and guilty pleas for top 2016 Trump officials https://t.co/Qxwkca9vnW
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) July 24, 2018
Just one problem:
Here’s the video of Sessions. Not defending him, but not sure this qualifies as Sessions “joining a chant,” as the first Twitter reports have it. https://t.co/BXqsT7KVRi
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 24, 2018
Here’s a longer video. I don’t think it’s accurate to say “Sessions joined in.” https://t.co/SE6HFRjCML
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 24, 2018
Do you mean to tell us that the media jumped the gun again?
https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/1021775010711719936
Jeff Sessions didn't chant but Katy is definitely the authority on whether the Daily Caller's journalists are journalists because she's a firefighter https://t.co/swiq8gtOKE
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 24, 2018
Here's the video. Note he does not chant. But thank you Katy Tur for your stunning and brave firefighting
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 24, 2018
Congratulations, media. You’ve done it again.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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