Unable to get new Section or Controls in Customizer.

customizer.php

<?php
/**
 * WhirledLaw Theme Customizer
 *
 * @package WhirledLaw
 */

/**
 * Add postMessage support for site title and description for the Theme Customizer.
 *
 * @param WP_Customize_Manager $wp_customize Theme Customizer object.
 */

/**
 * Create Logo Setting and Upload Control
 */

function whirledlaw_customize_register( $wp_customize ) {
	$wp_customize->get_setting( 'blogname' )->transport         = 'postMessage';
	$wp_customize->get_setting( 'blogdescription' )->transport  = 'postMessage';
	$wp_customize->get_setting( 'header_textcolor' )->transport = 'postMessage';
  /*I just added this to make sure that I was actually modifying the customizer, which it is. 
  I understand that this is already handled by the add_theme_support method, it is just a test
  and it works, so I'm getting this far.
  */
  $wp_customize->add_setting('site_logo');
    $wp_customize->add_control( new WP_Customize_Image_Control( $wp_customize, 'site_logo',
        array(
            'label' => 'Upload MF Logo',
            'section' => 'title_tagline',
            'settings' => 'site_logo',
        ) ) );
    // Add Footer Section -- NOT WORKING
    $wp_customize->add_section('site_footer', array(
        'title' => 'Site Footer',
        'description' => 'Select content to appear in the footer fixed to the bottom of the window',
        'priority' => 120,
    ));
  /*the next controls originally were set to section=>site_footer. But I changed them to see if they would work
   with the built-in sections "title_tagline". No luck. I even moved the add_section part to the end in case it was erroring out
   still didn't help.
   */
    $wp_customize->add_control(
        new WP_Customize_Control(
            $wp_customize,
            'footer_left_label',
            array(
                'label'          => __( 'Left Label', 'whirledlaw' ),
                'section'        => 'title_tagline',
                'settings'       => 'footer_left_label',
                'type'           => 'text',
            )
        )
    );
    $wp_customize->add_control(
        new WP_Customize_Control(
            $wp_customize,
            'footer_left',
            array(
                'label'          => __( 'Left Content', 'whirledlaw' ),
                'section'        => 'title_tagline',
                'settings'       => 'footer_left_content',
                'type'           => 'dropdown-pages',
            )
        )
    );
  
    $wp_customize->add_control(
        new WP_Customize_Control(
            $wp_customize,
            'footer_mid',
            array(
                'label'          => __( 'Center Content', 'whirledlaw' ),
                'section'        => 'title_tagline',
                'settings'       => 'footer_mid_content',
                'type'           => 'dropdown-pages',
            )
        )
    );
    $wp_customize->add_control(
        new WP_Customize_Control(
            $wp_customize,
            'footer_left_label',
            array(
                'label'          => __( 'Center Label', 'whirledlaw' ),
                'section'        => 'title_tagline',
                'settings'       => 'footer_left_label',
                'type'           => 'text',
            )
        )
    );
    $wp_customize->add_control(
        new WP_Customize_Control(
            $wp_customize,
            'footer_mid',
            array(
                'label'          => __( 'Right Content', 'whirledlaw' ),
                'section'        => 'title_tagline',
                'settings'       => 'footer_right_content',
                'type'           => 'dropdown-pages',
            )
        )
    );
    $wp_customize->add_control(
        new WP_Customize_Control(
            $wp_customize,
            'footer_left_label',
            array(
                'label'          => __( 'Right Label', 'whirledlaw' ),
                'section'        => 'title_tagline',
                'settings'       => 'footer_left_label',
                'type'           => 'text',
            )
        )
    );


	if ( isset( $wp_customize->selective_refresh ) ) {
		$wp_customize->selective_refresh->add_partial( 'blogname', array(
			'selector'        => '.site-title a',
			'render_callback' => 'whirledlaw_customize_partial_blogname',
		) );
		$wp_customize->selective_refresh->add_partial( 'blogdescription', array(
			'selector'        => '.site-description',
			'render_callback' => 'whirledlaw_customize_partial_blogdescription',
		) );
	}
}
add_action( 'customize_register', 'whirledlaw_customize_register' );

/**
 * Render the site title for the selective refresh partial.
 *
 * @return void
 */
function whirledlaw_customize_partial_blogname() {
	bloginfo( 'name' );
}

/**
 * Render the site tagline for the selective refresh partial.
 *
 * @return void
 */
function whirledlaw_customize_partial_blogdescription() {
	bloginfo( 'description' );
}

/**
 * Binds JS handlers to make Theme Customizer preview reload changes asynchronously.
 */
function whirledlaw_customize_preview_js() {
	wp_enqueue_script( 'whirledlaw-customizer', get_template_directory_uri() . '/inc/js/customizer.js', array( 'customize-preview' ), '20151215', true );
}
add_action( 'customize_preview_init', 'whirledlaw_customize_preview_js' );