Neil Cavuto Excuses Sessions Calling African American Federal Prosecutor 'Boy': He 'Did Look Very Young'

By Heather — November 18, 2016
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While discussing the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General with Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Fox's Neil Cavuto buys into Sessions' excuse for calling Alabama’s first black federal prosecutor, Thomas H. Figures "boy," saying that when he looked at "pictures of the guy, he did look very young."
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