Don Lemon (left-wing CNN anchor) wondered about the meaning of Tuesday’s show. Really Republican criticism of President Biden’s vow to exclusively consider black women when he appoints his Supreme Court judge is rooted in the fact that he has pledged to do so. Kirsten Powers (Network contributor) says that Republicans believe that the Supreme Court is for only white men.
Lemon listened to the complaints of several Republican senators and asked Powers “What’s it all about?” I mean, it’s political opportunism. This is riling the base. “What’s the deal?”
Powers agreed that firing up the base is part of the explanation, “But I think it’s also telling us something about them. If you’re a person who hears ‘I’m going to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court’ and the first thing you think of is this is not going to be the most qualified person available, you, you have a problem. Right?”
Powers also claimed that Biden will be the nominee, taking her claim to the next level. More Qualified than the average nominee
I would go a step further and say if it’s a black woman she’s not only going to be qualified, she’s going to be more qualified. Because in order for a black woman to get to, to the place that any of his nominees have gotten, potential nominees have gotten to, requires that they not be just as good as the white men. You have to make them better.
Powers declared:
I think there is an attitude here that this is a Court that really is supposed to be for white men. It was for quite a while. And even if you look at the comments that Senator Wicker made about Sonia Sotomayor saying basically that whoever Biden’s going to choose is going to be like her, like there’s something uniquely wrong with her. Right? What sets her apart from the other people who are on the Court? And it’s the fact that she’s not white.
Laurence Tribe (leftist Harvard Law Professor) harshly condemned Sotomayor’s appointment. However, Powers forgot all about it. She also criticized Ted Cruz for being non-white.
And by the way, can you find a single clip of Ted, Ted Cruz complaining about racism against a black person? Because the only time I ever hear him talk about it is about this alleged like anti-white racism. So they pretend like they care so much about racism, but where are they for Black Lives Matter? Where are they when black men are being gunned down in the street? They’re nowhere. But he’s literally talking about white people being discriminated against? It’s insane.
Powers assumes that criticisms refer only to white people. And to answer her challenge, here is a video of Ted Cruz defending a black person — fellow Republican Senator Tim Scott — from racist attacks hurled by the left.
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Below is the transcript from February 1, 2009:
CNN Don’t forget Lemon tonight
2/1/2022
10:00 PM
DON LEMON – Kirsten, what do you think? You know, people don’t get upset — people say that this is not a — an appointment to the Supreme Court is not — should not be politicized. When the right picks people based on their conservatism, on their party. The left picks people based on their liberalism, on their party. It is inherently a political process. And then you have someone like Ted Cruz, who’s calling Biden’s pledge offensive and insulting. You have Senator Roger Wicker who’s saying that Biden’s nominee was a beneficiary of affirmative action. Mike Rounds says that it hurts the nominee’s credibility. Senator Josh Hawley says that it’s a mistake to basically say that you have a quota. It’s not clear what this is all about. I mean, it’s political opportunism.
KIRSTEN POWERS – Well. I mean, what it’s really about.
LEMON: The base is heating up. Is there something wrong?
POWERS: It’s, well, it is riling up their base. But I think it’s also telling us something about them. If you’re a person who hears “I’m going to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court” and the first thing you think of is this is not going to be the most qualified person available, you, you have a problem. Right? There’s something wrong with the way you see the world. Because those two things are not in contradiction. It doesn’t, you know, it’s, it goes without saying that the person’s going to be qualified. The Supreme Court. I would go a step further and say if it’s a black woman she’s not only going to be qualified, she’s going to be more qualified. Because in order for a black woman to get to, to the place that any of his nominees have gotten, potential nominees have gotten to, requires that they not be just as good as the white men. You have to make them better. So something is wrong if you hear these words and you automatically assume that it’s not going to be the most qualified person. Why, what you’re essentially saying is “I don’t believe that there is a black woman in this country that’s qualified to be on the Supreme Court.”
LEMON: There’s always a first, though, Kirsten. There’s a first Jewish justice, Brandeis, Louis Brandeis. The first black justice, Thurgood Marshall. The first woman, Sandra day O’Connor.
POWERS: Yeah.
LEMON: The first Italian-American, Antonin Scalia. Yet, there’s something triggering about being the first woman of color to serve on the Court.
POWERS: Well, I think, look— I think there is an attitude here that this is a Court that really is supposed to be for white men. It was for quite a while. And even if you look at the comments that Senator Wicker made about Justice Sotomayor, saying basically that whoever Biden’s going to choose is going to be like her, like there’s something uniquely wrong with her. Right? What sets her apart from the other people who are on the Court? And it’s the fact that she’s not white. Or that she’s not — you know, she, she is, she’s Hispanic. And so I think that, that they’re clearly showing us what they believe. And by the way, can you find a single clip of Ted, Ted Cruz complaining about racism against a black person? Because the only time I ever hear him talk about it is about this alleged like anti-white racism. So they pretend like they care so much about racism, but where are they for Black Lives Matter? Where are they when black men are being gunned down in the street? They’re nowhere. But he’s literally talking about white people being discriminated against? It’s insane.
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