Alabama Quote by Lawrence O'Donnell

He addressed a black lawyer as "boy". That's why Jeff Sessions couldn't get through Senate confirmation process under the old rules followed by Democrats…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here…

— Ken Mehlman

Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried to get…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have…

— J. C. Watts

Senator Sessions has opposed protections for LGBT individuals. He's spoken out against Freedom Corps' marriage equality decision. He opposed the repeal of Don't Ask,…

— Patrick Leahy

Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing…

— Rand Paul

Something the committee had not done in 50 years. Jeff Sessions is now the Chairman of the Committee that rejected him.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not…

— J. C. Watts

The NAACP believes the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party believes the NAACP is racist.

— Jim Webb

There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class…

— Pete du Pont

So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with…

— Charles Evers

Because the Republican Party are filled with cowards they're afraid to reach out to the Hispanic community, they're afraid to reach out to the…

— Andrew Breitbart