An MTV host has deleted a tweet making fun of Sen. Jeff Sessions' Asian-American granddaughter.

The tweet from Ira Madison III, a host and writer for the music network, was posted this morning just as confirmation hearings for Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Attorney General, were getting underway.

"Sessions, sir, kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys R' Us you stole her from," Madison said as television cameras captured images of a young girl sitting on Sessions' lap. He later added "There is no reason for that child to be in his lap in a hearing other than to send an 'I'm not racist message."

"In fact, Americans have long used Asian-Americans as "model minorities" since the rise of the civil rights act," he said.

The child is the daughter of Sessions' daughter Ruth Sessions Walk and her husband, John. John Walk, an Asian-American, is an attorney; the couple have four children, some of whom were with their grandfather at the start of his Senate confirmation hearing.

Madison's comments led to allegations of racism and calls for a boycott of MTV.

I ask my 500,000 followers to join with all people of good conscience to boycott @MTV and its sponsors until #racist Ira Madison is fired. — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 10, 2017

Madison has since deleted the tweet but not without comment.