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MTV Host Mocks Jeff Sessions’ Asian Grandchildren
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Ira Madison III, an MTV News culture writer and host, mocked Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Asian-American grandchildren on Twitter Tuesday morning.
Sessions appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Tuesday to give testimony in connection with his nomination by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as attorney general. Sessions was accompanied by many members of his family, including his four Asian-American grandchildren. The senator’s daughter, Ruth Sessions Walk, is married to John Walk, an Asian-American man.
Madison accused Sessions of stealing his grandchildren from Toys “R” Us for the hearing. He went on to call his grandchildren a “prop,” brought to mitigate accusations of racism.
Sessions, sir, kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys "R" Us you stole her from pic.twitter.com/SBkI3DWHZn
— Ira Madison III (@ira) January 10, 2017
There is no reason for that child to be in his lap in a hearing other than to send an "I'm not racist message"
— Ira Madison III (@ira) January 10, 2017
Madison then defended his attacks on Sessions’ family before returning to allegations the senator harbors racist sympathies. In addition to writing regularly for MTV News, he is the host of the MTV podcast “MTV Speed Dial.”
His comments are not the first time journalists have mocked the minority grandchildren of white Republicans. An MSNBC panel led by former host Melissa Harris Perry derided former GOP Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s black grandchild on television in December 2o13.
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