‘I Did Nazi That Coming.😂’: Twitter Mocks DOJ Photos of Jeff Sessions With New US Attorneys
‘That’s a Whole Lot of Men’
Just one month after being confirmed as Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired all the remaining U.S. Attorneys – holdovers from the Obama administration – in the Dept. of Justice. While it is not unprecedented for U.S. Attorneys to be replaced by a new administration, it is problematic when they are all fired at once, especially when there are no replacements.Â
The scandal grew when news broke that President Trump had told the most prominent U.S. Attorney, Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York, that he would not be let go, and even called him days before the mass firings. Bharara was fired along with all the others.
Now, it appears the Attorney General has finally replaced some of the U.S. Attorneys he fired back in March.
On Wednesday the Dept. of Justice posted to Twitter two photos of the new, incoming federal prosecutors with the Attorney General.
Attorney General Sessions welcomes U.S. Attorneys to the Justice Department pic.twitter.com/QS2ys8Pyrm
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) November 8, 2017
In the photos, as you can see, all but one of America’s new U.S. Attorneys are men, all but two are white.Â
In the second (below), Attorney General Jeff Sessions is standing with him right arm in an unfortunate pose.
Twitter has exploded into mockery.
“I did nazi that coming,” posted one person in response to Sessions appearing to give a Nazi salute.
Second pic? I did nazi that coming.😂
— Darren Bogren (@infin8mas) November 8, 2017
Buzzfeed’s Dominic Holden offered this question:
Why… would they post a photo of Jeff Sessions doing that with his arm? https://t.co/MJx58CSACE
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) November 8, 2017
And former Obama-era head of the DOJ’s civil rights division Vanita Gupta said what everyone is thinking:
That’s a whole lot of men. https://t.co/Uw14SZJqI5
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) November 8, 2017
More:
A room full of almost all white men and what looks like a bad nazi salute from the AG. Great work from the Sessions DOJ. pic.twitter.com/QgfMtdZtZu
— Tracy Russo (@tracyrusso) November 8, 2017
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions would have made a great Peter Sellars character. pic.twitter.com/DKaEMj1Ci2
— Tony Diaz (@tonydiaz777) November 8, 2017
1) There are 27 people in these pictures. 26 of them are men.
2) Maybe next time share a different photo where Sessions doesn’t appear to be making the Nazi salute? https://t.co/Y9773Nj5UV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 8, 2017
lest they be photographed doing what looked like a nazi salute. anyway i think sessions looks like he’s trying to tab here fwiw https://t.co/g5eevLUZJm
— Josh Fruhlinger (@jfruh) November 8, 2017
Is Sessions giving a Nazi salute? WTF https://t.co/2tn8f7vhxQ
— Elizabeth A. Bieber (@_elizbieber) November 8, 2017
Did the DoJ just publish a photo with Jeff Sessions’ arm raised 45 degrees? And in a room full of white men? Oh, yup.. https://t.co/LvFN7vv0Yr
— not yet a nihilist (@bonzohonzo) November 8, 2017
So great that DOJ is leading the charge to make sure that white men are getting the jobs usually reserved for women & minorities. Groundbreaking. 🙄 https://t.co/1Tgekm0cac
— Erin Cotter Davis (@erincotterdavis) November 8, 2017
Such a diverse group of white guys. https://t.co/2bG3NTtMbU
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) November 8, 2017
“Ah, yes, this is the perfect picture to illustrate this extremely normal meeting” – someone at the Justice Department, apparently pic.twitter.com/81pC1CTjXO
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) November 8, 2017
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