Playing down his gaffe last week when he referred to Hawaii as “an island in the Pacific,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Sunday chalked up the criticism as coming from people lacking a “sense of humor.”

Sessions was discussing the status of President Trump’s immigration ban from six mainly Muslim countries when set Hawaii adrift from the United States.

” I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power ,” he said .

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On ABC’s “This Week, host George Stephanopoulos asked Sessions why he didn’t just say “the state of Hawaii.”

“Nobody has a sense of humor any more,” Sessions replied.

The AG’s comments about the Aloha State sparked an immediate response from its Democrat US senators.

Sen. Mazie Hirono called the comments “ignorant and dangerous.”

Sen. Brian Schatz said: “that island is called Oahu. It’s my home. Have some respect.”

US District Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii blocked Trump’s revised travel ban last month saying it was unconstitutional.