GOP opposition to Ketanji Brown Jackson won't tarnish her legacy
GOP opposition to Ketanji Brown Jackson won't tarnish her legacy
Republican attacks meant to diminish her public approval have failed, but they've exposed how racist and petulant the GOP can be.
By Ja'han Jones
Sensing their futility in keeping Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson off the Supreme Court, a number of GOP lawmakers have responded the only way they know how: with angry diatribes and disinformation.
Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri continued to push his baseless claims this week that Jackson has been inappropriately lenient toward criminals in her court rulings. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said Jackson would be the “the most extreme and the furthest-left justice ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court,” a claim rebutted by his longtime mentor. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina barked that Jackson wouldn’t have even gotten a hearing if Republicans were in charge. (Good thing they aren’t.)
And not to be outdone with his casual idiocy, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas attacked Jackson’s experience as a public defender by suggesting she would have defended Nazis during the Nuremberg trials. (That’s ludicrous, but if Cotton wants to go after true Nazi defenders, he should take a trip to Mar-a-Lago.)
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Republican attacks meant to diminish her public approval have failed, but they've exposed how racist and petulant the GOP can be.
By Ja'han Jones
Sensing their futility in keeping Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson off the Supreme Court, a number of GOP lawmakers have responded the only way they know how: with angry diatribes and disinformation.
Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri continued to push his baseless claims this week that Jackson has been inappropriately lenient toward criminals in her court rulings. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said Jackson would be the “the most extreme and the furthest-left justice ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court,” a claim rebutted by his longtime mentor. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina barked that Jackson wouldn’t have even gotten a hearing if Republicans were in charge. (Good thing they aren’t.)
And not to be outdone with his casual idiocy, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas attacked Jackson’s experience as a public defender by suggesting she would have defended Nazis during the Nuremberg trials. (That’s ludicrous, but if Cotton wants to go after true Nazi defenders, he should take a trip to Mar-a-Lago.)
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To take all this GOP angst seriously requires us to believe in fiction.