On Tuesday afternoon, (the possibly soon to be former) U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify amid allegations that he perjured himself during his Senate confirmation hearings and reports of a third undisclosed meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, to start. The hearing, uh, did not go well.
The attorney general was combative and indignant right out of the gate in his opening statement, blaming the accusations of perjury on a line of questioning by Sen. Al Franken during his senate confirmation hearing, accusing the senator of asking him a “rambling question after some six hours of testimony” in regards to allegations that the United States intelligence community had advised then President-elect Trump about possible Russian collusion.
Things only went downhill from there, as Sessions became more and more irate once he began to be questioned by the committee and refused to address any questions regarding direct conversations with the president claiming it was his duty to “protect confidential communications.”
These are all very serious accusations being lobbed against one of the most powerful men in Trump’s administration, but because this is the world we live in now, within moments of the start of the hearing, “Keebler Elf,” “Foghorn Leghorn,” and — perhaps most bizarrely of all — Sessions’ middle name “Beauregard” all became trending topics on Twitter.
Let’s see what jokes everyone came up with, shall we?
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/874699961660833792
Science was so preoccupied with whether or not they could mate Foghorn Leghorn & Benjamin Button, they didn’t stop to think if they should. pic.twitter.com/mcEYaB7F5V
— Tatered (@tatered) June 13, 2017
"Mr. Sessions, once and for all, will you tell us the location of the Keebler elf tree or not?" #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/HXWSyP51Xt
— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Ethan_Booker/status/874704904312561666
"I did not recuse myself from defending my honor"
— Jeff "Foghorn Leghorn" Sessions#SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/oRw75kNF9N
— Jonathan Riley (@realJonRiley) June 13, 2017
Foghorn Leghorn & Keebler Elves are trending at the same time don't you fucking dare tell me we aren't engaged in this country
— Clown Store (@sevkatechnology) June 13, 2017
Live footage of Sessions' testimony pic.twitter.com/rf8H5kyrkK
— Vince Mancini (@VinceMancini) June 13, 2017
I know we're all going Keebler Elf, but I'm getting top notes of Ian McKellen as Maggie Smith on SNL. #sessionshearing pic.twitter.com/i6n7aGoOON
— DaveHolmes.bsky.social (@DaveHolmes) June 13, 2017
You think he looks like a keebler elf but Im going with Gollum. #SessionsHearing
— Keith M. (@ksecus) June 13, 2017
"Mr. Session, are you now or have you ever been a Keebler elf?"#SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/Doe0jQK9uN
— Jonathan Riley (@realJonRiley) June 13, 2017
He's an angry Keebler elf.#SessionsHearing #JeffSessions pic.twitter.com/RR5dv6cA0o
— mikasa (@mikasa22) June 13, 2017
Foghorn Leghorn channeling Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III today… #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/2iXKpbExQh
— Buxley Hall (@Buxley_Hall) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/MissMyrtle2/status/874705915286441984
This live-action Foghorn Leghorn reboot sucks. #SessionsHearing
— Jeff Tiedrich [retired account — see bio] (@jefftiedrich) June 13, 2017
When you go full Beauregard #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/FKnVvNSG8q
— bekka supp (@valhallabckgirl) June 13, 2017
But really, if one tweet could sum this whole thing up…
https://twitter.com/mat_johnson/status/874722959985971201