Gutierrez Attacks Sessions — He Wants Blacks In Back Of Bus, Women In The Kitchen

"Sessions, he'd just love for black people to be in the back of the bus again.Show more

He'd love for women to be in the kitchen. He'd love for gay people to be in the closet again, and for me, not to have a microphone to be able to speak to anyone," the Illinois Democrat said earlier WEdnesday at the progressive We the People Summit.

Gutierrez defended his remarks later Wednesday on CNN's "Erin Burnett Out Front."

"I believe every last thing I said," he told Burnett.

He went on to elaborate on his criticism of Sessions.

"This is a man that when he came before the Senate to try to become a federal judge, Coretta Scott King came forward. There were all kinds of testimony about him calling black men boys," Gutierrez said. "This is a man who is trying to strip black people and diminish their voting rights."