The Jeff Sessions Attorney General Hearing in 7 Photos

This is our tweet thread from yesterday’s Senate hearing considering Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. From those surrounding Sessions to cynically evoke a rainbow coalition, to the Code Pink protesters, to key faces in attendance, the political and racial baggage Sessions brought to the table generated plenty of visual noise. By the way, if you weren’t following the hearing as granularly as we were, our first post refers to a tweet by an MTV reporter who lashed out over the Sessions’s granddaughter being used as a prop. (Four of the ten Sessions grandchildren come from a daughter who is married to an Asian American.) Right wing media then lashed out at the lash out. The last tweet, showing the protesters dressed like KKK members, was meant less as snark than to highlight how much we marginalize these kinds of hearing room demonstrations, relegating them to political theater and “part of the show.” Our goal, as always, was also to show how much talented news photographers capture their own story lines.

Besides wall of African-Americans & 1 of mil uniforms, @AFPphoto captures (in contrast w grand kid) how painfully rigid & stiff #Sessions is pic.twitter.com/uwVtfjcQgr

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 10, 2017

#Sessions framed by Asian-Amer grandchild & 2 African-Americans is standard viz propaganda. MTV mean tweet & backlash helps even more. 📷@AFP pic.twitter.com/7sUEK8PkPp

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 10, 2017

With opposition’s hands tied, personality = protest #visualculture #Sessions #KhizrKhan #AlSharpton 📷 @somogettynews pic.twitter.com/vCAA9FOAu2

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 10, 2017

Another #Sessions pic by @somogettynews, almost too obvious to be appreciated: #tvshow #closedloop #echochamber pic.twitter.com/pDlldjBMGs

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 10, 2017

As we keep illustrating, #Trump era not about ideas, but gestures. Talking body language, how familiar. #Sessions 📷@mollyriley @AFPphoto pic.twitter.com/lPaTfdkJ5d

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 10, 2017

Another storyful #Sessions shot by @somogettynews. Frames GOP Senators as offensive line #FaitAccompli #laughingallthewaytothejusticedept pic.twitter.com/j3WGALdBK9

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 10, 2017

Please tell us that’s not a selfie 📷@somogettynews #Sessionsdarkside #protestmarginalized pic.twitter.com/7P6NkDJdnl

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 10, 2017