After projecting his own racism onto Jeff Sessions repeatedly, Ira eventually let the cat out of the bag and now faces twitter backlash as a result.
MTV Host Under Fire For Comments About Sessions’ Granddaughter – ‘Racist’
Ira Madison, an African-American culture writer for MTV News, is under fire for mocking the Asian-American granddaughter of Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, brought his family to his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, including his four Asian-American grandchildren. Ruth Sessions Walk, his daughter, is married to an Asian-American man.
In a Twitter post, Madison accused the Alabama senator of using his Asian-American granddaughter as a prop in an attempt to avoid being seen as a racist.
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 took it a step further, following up with another tweet asking Sessions to “kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys ‘R’ Us you stole her from.”
Madison deleted the tweet after receiving swift condemnation from many on Twitter.
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Ira Madison, an African-American culture writer for MTV News, is under fire for mocking the Asian-American granddaughter of Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, brought his family to his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, including his four Asian-American grandchildren. Ruth Sessions Walk, his daughter, is married to an Asian-American man.
In a Twitter post, Madison accused the Alabama senator of using his Asian-American granddaughter as a prop in an attempt to avoid being seen as a racist.
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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 took it a step further, following up with another tweet asking Sessions to “kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys ‘R’ Us you stole her from.”
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Madison deleted the tweet after receiving swift condemnation from many on Twitter.
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Madison went on to say his comment was a “joke,” justifying it as an attempt to bring up “Sessions’ history of racial hatred of Asians.”
I often tell jokes, but seeing as bringing up Sessions' history of racial hatred of Asians is seen as an attack on his grandchild, I deleted
— Ira Madison III (@ira) January 10, 2017
MTV quickly distanced themselves from Madison after his comments came him under fire.
“The opinions Ira expresses on Twitter are his own and do not reflect the views of MTV News,” an MTV representative said Tuesday.
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