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=== Nomination and confirmation ===

=== Nomination and confirmation ===

President-elect Trump announced on November 18, 2016, that he would nominate Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-attorney-general.html |title=Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General |date=November 18, 2016 |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119013532/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-attorney-general.html |archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref> Trump would later state in an August 22, 2018, interview with Fox News' [[Ainsley Earhardt]] that the only reason he nominated Sessions was because Sessions was an original supporter during his presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump and Sessions feud over the direction of the Justice Department |author=Barrett, Devlin |author2=Wagner, John |author3=Kim, Seung Min |date=August 23, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-sessions-was-given-attorney-general-job-only-because-of-his-loyalty-during-campaign/2018/08/23/47d7c20c-a6c7-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823201932/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-sessions-was-given-attorney-general-job-only-because-of-his-loyalty-during-campaign/2018/08/23/47d7c20c-a6c7-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The nomination engendered support and opposition from various groups and individuals. He was introduced by Senator [[Susan Collins]] from Maine who said, "He's a decent individual with a strong commitment to the rule of law. He's a leader of integrity. I think the attacks against him are not well founded and are unfair."<ref name="Bangor Daily News">{{Cite news |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/10/politics/sen-susan-collins-introduces-trumps-ag-pick-jeff-sessions-in-confirmation-hearing/ |title=Collins introduces Trump's AG pick in confirmation hearing |last1=Zapotosky |first1=Matt |date=March 2, 2017 |last2=Horwitz |first2=Sari |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312144704/https://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/10/politics/sen-susan-collins-introduces-trumps-ag-pick-jeff-sessions-in-confirmation-hearing/ |archive-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref> More than 1,400 [[law school]] professors wrote a letter urging the Senate to reject the nomination.<ref>yaledailynews.com: [http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/01/17/law-professors-sign-letter-opposing-sessions/ ''Law professors sign letter opposing Sessions''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118143438/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/01/17/law-professors-sign-letter-opposing-sessions/ |date=January 18, 2017 }} (January 17, 2017)</ref><ref name=horwitz>{{cite news |last=Horwitz |first=Sari |title=More than 1,100 law school professors nationwide oppose Sessions's nomination as attorney general |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 3, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/more-than-1100-law-school-professors-nationwide-oppose-sessionss-nomination-as-attorney-general/2017/01/03/dbf55750-d1cc-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html| access-date = January 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103211036/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/more-than-1100-law-school-professors-nationwide-oppose-sessionss-nomination-as-attorney-general/2017/01/03/dbf55750-d1cc-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html |archive-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> A group of black pastors rallied in support of Sessions in advance of his confirmation hearing;<ref>{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Guy |title=Black pastors rally in Washington for AG nominee Jeff Sessions |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/09/black-pastors-rally-washington-ag-nominee-jeff-sessions/96367850/ |access-date=January 19, 2017 |newspaper=USA Today |date=January 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118201708/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/09/black-pastors-rally-washington-ag-nominee-jeff-sessions/96367850/ |archive-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> his nomination was supported by [[Gerald A. Reynolds]], an African American former chairman of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]].<ref name=horwitz /> Six [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]] activists, including NAACP President [[Cornell William Brooks]], were arrested at a January 2017 [[sit-in]] protesting the nomination.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/04/naacp-president-among-those-arrested-after-sit-in-to-protest-trumps-nomination-of-sessions/ |title=NAACP president among those arrested at sit-in to protest Trump's nomination of Sessions |last=Wang |first=Amy B |date=January 4, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104230244/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/04/naacp-president-among-those-arrested-after-sit-in-to-protest-trumps-nomination-of-sessions/ |archive-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4621628/naacp-president-jeff-sessions-sit-in/ |title=NAACP President Arrested After Sit-In Against Jeff Sessions |last=Chan |first=Melissa |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=January 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162115/http://time.com/4621628/naacp-president-jeff-sessions-sit-in/ |archive-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref>

President-elect Trump announced on November 18, 2016, that he would nominate Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-attorney-general.html |title=Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General |date=November 18, 2016 |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119013532/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-attorney-general.html |archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref> Trump would later state in an August 22, 2018, interview with Fox News' [[Ainsley Earhardt]] that the only reason he nominated Sessions was because Sessions was an original supporter during his presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump and Sessions feud over the direction of the Justice Department |author=Barrett, Devlin |author2=Wagner, John |author3=Kim, Seung Min |date=August 23, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-sessions-was-given-attorney-general-job-only-because-of-his-loyalty-during-campaign/2018/08/23/47d7c20c-a6c7-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823201932/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-sessions-was-given-attorney-general-job-only-because-of-his-loyalty-during-campaign/2018/08/23/47d7c20c-a6c7-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The nomination engendered support and opposition from various groups and individuals. He was introduced by Senator [[Susan Collins (politician)|Susan Collins]] from Maine who said, "He's a decent individual with a strong commitment to the rule of law. He's a leader of integrity. I think the attacks against him are not well founded and are unfair."<ref name="Bangor Daily News">{{Cite news |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/10/politics/sen-susan-collins-introduces-trumps-ag-pick-jeff-sessions-in-confirmation-hearing/ |title=Collins introduces Trump's AG pick in confirmation hearing |last1=Zapotosky |first1=Matt |date=March 2, 2017 |last2=Horwitz |first2=Sari |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312144704/https://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/10/politics/sen-susan-collins-introduces-trumps-ag-pick-jeff-sessions-in-confirmation-hearing/ |archive-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref> More than 1,400 [[law school]] professors wrote a letter urging the Senate to reject the nomination.<ref>yaledailynews.com: [http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/01/17/law-professors-sign-letter-opposing-sessions/ ''Law professors sign letter opposing Sessions''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118143438/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/01/17/law-professors-sign-letter-opposing-sessions/ |date=January 18, 2017 }} (January 17, 2017)</ref><ref name=horwitz>{{cite news |last=Horwitz |first=Sari |title=More than 1,100 law school professors nationwide oppose Sessions's nomination as attorney general |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 3, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/more-than-1100-law-school-professors-nationwide-oppose-sessionss-nomination-as-attorney-general/2017/01/03/dbf55750-d1cc-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html| access-date = January 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103211036/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/more-than-1100-law-school-professors-nationwide-oppose-sessionss-nomination-as-attorney-general/2017/01/03/dbf55750-d1cc-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html |archive-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> A group of black pastors rallied in support of Sessions in advance of his confirmation hearing;<ref>{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Guy |title=Black pastors rally in Washington for AG nominee Jeff Sessions |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/09/black-pastors-rally-washington-ag-nominee-jeff-sessions/96367850/ |access-date=January 19, 2017 |newspaper=USA Today |date=January 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118201708/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/09/black-pastors-rally-washington-ag-nominee-jeff-sessions/96367850/ |archive-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> his nomination was supported by [[Gerald A. Reynolds]], an African American former chairman of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]].<ref name=horwitz /> Six [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]] activists, including NAACP President [[Cornell William Brooks]], were arrested at a January 2017 [[sit-in]] protesting the nomination.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/04/naacp-president-among-those-arrested-after-sit-in-to-protest-trumps-nomination-of-sessions/ |title=NAACP president among those arrested at sit-in to protest Trump's nomination of Sessions |last=Wang |first=Amy B |date=January 4, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104230244/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/04/naacp-president-among-those-arrested-after-sit-in-to-protest-trumps-nomination-of-sessions/ |archive-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4621628/naacp-president-jeff-sessions-sit-in/ |title=NAACP President Arrested After Sit-In Against Jeff Sessions |last=Chan |first=Melissa |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=January 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162115/http://time.com/4621628/naacp-president-jeff-sessions-sit-in/ |archive-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref>

On January 10, 2017, the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] hearings on his nomination began<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sessions-nomination-battle-kicks-capitol-hill-n705136 |title=Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Testifies at Senate Confirmation Hearing |last=Rafferty |first=Andrew |date=January 10, 2017 |work=[[NBC News]] |access-date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110201041/http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sessions-nomination-battle-kicks-capitol-hill-n705136 |archive-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> and were interrupted by protesters.<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Alisa |title=Protesters Interrupt Confirmation Hearing For Sen. Sessions As Attorney General |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/10/509139945/protesters-interrupt-confirmation-hearing-for-sen-sessions-as-attorney-general |access-date=February 8, 2017 |publisher=National Public Radio |date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210171355/http://www.npr.org/2017/01/10/509139945/protesters-interrupt-confirmation-hearing-for-sen-sessions-as-attorney-general |archive-date=February 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name="CSPAN">{{cite news |title=Attorney General Confirmation Hearing, Day 1 Part 1 |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?420932-1/attorney-general-nominee-jeff-sessions-testifies-confirmation-hearing |access-date=February 8, 2017 |agency=[[C-SPAN]] |date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080852/https://www.c-span.org/video/?420932-1%2Fattorney-general-nominee-jeff-sessions-testifies-confirmation-hearing |archive-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> The committee approved his nomination February{{spaces}}1 on an 11–9 party-line vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-judiciary-jeff-sessions-234488 |title=Sessions clears committee on party-line 11–9 vote |last=Kim |first=Seung Min |date=February 1, 2017 |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201182700/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-judiciary-jeff-sessions-234488 |archive-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> The nomination then went to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38807783 |title=Trump cabinet: Democrats boycott health and treasury picks |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 31, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131135307/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38807783 |archive-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> The vote on Sessions was delayed until after the vote on Secretary of Education nominee [[Betsy DeVos]], because his confirmation{{snd}}and subsequent resignation from the Senate{{snd}}would create a temporary vacancy, which otherwise would have jeopardized DeVos's narrow confirmation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/devos-session-senate-vote-tuesday/ |title=DeVos, Sessions expected to be confirmed in tight votes |last1=Barrett |first1=Ted |last2=LoBianco |first2=Tom |date=February 6, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=February 6, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206123644/http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/devos-session-senate-vote-tuesday/ |archive-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> On February 7, 2017, Senate majority leader [[Mitch McConnell]] stopped Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] from reading statements opposing Sessions's nomination as federal judge that had been made by [[Ted Kennedy]] and [[Coretta Scott King]]. Warren was then officially rebuked per [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XIX|Senate Rule XIX]] on a party-line vote for "impugning a fellow senator's character".<ref>{{cite news |title=Republicans vote to rebuke Warren, saying she impugned Sessions's character |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/07/republicans-vote-to-rebuke-elizabeth-warren-for-impugning-sessionss-character/ |access-date=February 8, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208040942/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/07/republicans-vote-to-rebuke-elizabeth-warren-for-impugning-sessionss-character/ |archive-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> In silencing Warren, McConnell uttered the phrase "[[Nevertheless, she persisted]]"; the phrase was later adopted by the feminist movement in referring to women's persistence in breaking barriers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/08/nevertheless-she-persisted-becomes-new-battle-cry-after-mcconnell-silences-elizabeth-warren/|title='Nevertheless, she persisted' becomes new battle cry after McConnell silences Elizabeth Warren|last=Wang|first=Amy|date=February 8, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208154741/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/08/nevertheless-she-persisted-becomes-new-battle-cry-after-mcconnell-silences-elizabeth-warren/|archive-date=February 8, 2017|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> A few hours later Senator [[Jeff Merkley]] read without interruption the same letter by King that Warren had attempted to read.<ref name="HuffPost02Feb17">{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Rebecca |title=Democrat Defies GOP, Reads Part Of Coretta Scott King's Letter On Senate Floor |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-reads-part-of-coretta-scott-kings-letter-on-senate-floor_us_589adbc4e4b09bd304bedc35 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |agency=Huffington Post |date=February 8, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208134233/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-reads-part-of-coretta-scott-kings-letter-on-senate-floor_us_589adbc4e4b09bd304bedc35 |archive-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Oregonian">{{cite news |title=Jeff Merkley reads Coretta Scott King's letter about Jeff Sessions on Senate floor (video) |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/jeff_merkley_reads_coretta_scott_king_letter_about_jeff_sessions.html |access-date=February 9, 2017 |newspaper=Oregonian |date=February 8, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212004557/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/jeff_merkley_reads_coretta_scott_king_letter_about_jeff_sessions.html |archive-date=February 12, 2017}}</ref>

On January 10, 2017, the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] hearings on his nomination began<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sessions-nomination-battle-kicks-capitol-hill-n705136 |title=Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Testifies at Senate Confirmation Hearing |last=Rafferty |first=Andrew |date=January 10, 2017 |work=[[NBC News]] |access-date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110201041/http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sessions-nomination-battle-kicks-capitol-hill-n705136 |archive-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> and were interrupted by protesters.<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Alisa |title=Protesters Interrupt Confirmation Hearing For Sen. Sessions As Attorney General |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/10/509139945/protesters-interrupt-confirmation-hearing-for-sen-sessions-as-attorney-general |access-date=February 8, 2017 |publisher=National Public Radio |date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210171355/http://www.npr.org/2017/01/10/509139945/protesters-interrupt-confirmation-hearing-for-sen-sessions-as-attorney-general |archive-date=February 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name="CSPAN">{{cite news |title=Attorney General Confirmation Hearing, Day 1 Part 1 |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?420932-1/attorney-general-nominee-jeff-sessions-testifies-confirmation-hearing |access-date=February 8, 2017 |agency=[[C-SPAN]] |date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080852/https://www.c-span.org/video/?420932-1%2Fattorney-general-nominee-jeff-sessions-testifies-confirmation-hearing |archive-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> The committee approved his nomination February{{spaces}}1 on an 11–9 party-line vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-judiciary-jeff-sessions-234488 |title=Sessions clears committee on party-line 11–9 vote |last=Kim |first=Seung Min |date=February 1, 2017 |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201182700/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-judiciary-jeff-sessions-234488 |archive-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> The nomination then went to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38807783 |title=Trump cabinet: Democrats boycott health and treasury picks |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 31, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131135307/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38807783 |archive-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> The vote on Sessions was delayed until after the vote on Secretary of Education nominee [[Betsy DeVos]], because his confirmation{{snd}}and subsequent resignation from the Senate{{snd}}would create a temporary vacancy, which otherwise would have jeopardized DeVos's narrow confirmation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/devos-session-senate-vote-tuesday/ |title=DeVos, Sessions expected to be confirmed in tight votes |last1=Barrett |first1=Ted |last2=LoBianco |first2=Tom |date=February 6, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=February 6, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206123644/http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/devos-session-senate-vote-tuesday/ |archive-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> On February 7, 2017, Senate majority leader [[Mitch McConnell]] stopped Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] from reading statements opposing Sessions's nomination as federal judge that had been made by [[Ted Kennedy]] and [[Coretta Scott King]]. Warren was then officially rebuked per [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XIX|Senate Rule XIX]] on a party-line vote for "impugning a fellow senator's character".<ref>{{cite news |title=Republicans vote to rebuke Warren, saying she impugned Sessions's character |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/07/republicans-vote-to-rebuke-elizabeth-warren-for-impugning-sessionss-character/ |access-date=February 8, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208040942/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/07/republicans-vote-to-rebuke-elizabeth-warren-for-impugning-sessionss-character/ |archive-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> In silencing Warren, McConnell uttered the phrase "[[Nevertheless, she persisted]]"; the phrase was later adopted by the feminist movement in referring to women's persistence in breaking barriers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/08/nevertheless-she-persisted-becomes-new-battle-cry-after-mcconnell-silences-elizabeth-warren/|title='Nevertheless, she persisted' becomes new battle cry after McConnell silences Elizabeth Warren|last=Wang|first=Amy|date=February 8, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208154741/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/08/nevertheless-she-persisted-becomes-new-battle-cry-after-mcconnell-silences-elizabeth-warren/|archive-date=February 8, 2017|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> A few hours later Senator [[Jeff Merkley]] read without interruption the same letter by King that Warren had attempted to read.<ref name="HuffPost02Feb17">{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Rebecca |title=Democrat Defies GOP, Reads Part Of Coretta Scott King's Letter On Senate Floor |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-reads-part-of-coretta-scott-kings-letter-on-senate-floor_us_589adbc4e4b09bd304bedc35 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |agency=Huffington Post |date=February 8, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208134233/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-reads-part-of-coretta-scott-kings-letter-on-senate-floor_us_589adbc4e4b09bd304bedc35 |archive-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Oregonian">{{cite news |title=Jeff Merkley reads Coretta Scott King's letter about Jeff Sessions on Senate floor (video) |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/jeff_merkley_reads_coretta_scott_king_letter_about_jeff_sessions.html |access-date=February 9, 2017 |newspaper=Oregonian |date=February 8, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212004557/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/jeff_merkley_reads_coretta_scott_king_letter_about_jeff_sessions.html |archive-date=February 12, 2017}}</ref>