Watch a Methodist minister protest Jeff Sessions at a religious liberty speech: 'I was a stranger and you did not welcome me'

Religious leaders are giving Attorney General Jeff Sessions a taste of his own Bible verses.

On Monday, Sessions spoke to Boston's chapter of the Federalist Society on "the future of religious liberty." But as soon as Sessions began to speak, a man who said he was a "fellow United Methodist" stood up and recited a modified version of a popular verse. "I was hungry and you did not feed me," he said. "I was a stranger and you did not welcome me." He then told Sessions to "repent" and "care for those in need" before police removed him from the room.

"Thank you for those remarks and attack," Sessions responded, adding that "we do our best every day." Another man later identified as a Baptist, per BuzzFeed News' Chris Geidner, then stood to defend the original protester. Others at the speech to the conservative lawyers' association started to boo and told the man to "go home."

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In June, Sessions used a Bible verse to back up the Trump administration's controversial zero tolerance policy that led to the separation of migrant families. Methodists similarly called him out then.