‘Don’t Trust Black Women’: Whoopi RAGES at GOP Opposition to Jackson

With the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson likely to be voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, the coven on ABC’s The ViewThey spent most of Monday decrying Republican opposition in Jackson and attacking Justice Amy Coney Barrett. And according to the head witch in charge, Whoopi Goldberg, the reason was the usual culprit (when they’re grasping at straws): racism.

After playing a clip of Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) saying he’s a “no” on Jackson, Goldberg, who once denied the Holocaust was about race, demanded that he “just say, ‘I don’t trust a black woman to do the job.’”

“We all know what it is. It is something we all know. It’s there. This is something we are used to, but do you know what? You can’t take away what this woman is, and who she is, and what she’s done and how she got there,”She laughed.

Neither Goldberg or the other members of the panel were able to have an issue with Joe Biden, the former Senator from Delaware. Democrats initially opposed Janice Rogers Brown, who is black and filed a filibuster against her nomination by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the D.C. Circuit. Nor when the Democrats, led by Biden, carried out a “high-tech lynching” of Justice Clarence Thomas in his confirmation hearings.

A few moments later, faux conservative Ana Navarro started shrieking about how Republicans really should “do the right thing” by confirming Jackson because of the color of her skin instead of bowing to “lame, pathetic, cowardice partisanship” (click “expand”):

NAVARRO: They’re bending their bodies into pretzel shapes and are agonizing, apologizing for not doing the right thing.It makes us feel terrible that we are voting against her. Because they are certain she will be justice, it makes them feel terrible.

SUNNY HOOSTIN: This is not too bad.

NAVARRO, They are sorry that she is going to get the 50 votes. This is going to be her justice. They are going to miss an historic moment in voting for the first woman of color.

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NAVARROThey’re going down in history for being against the first black woman judge, which is an important moment for our country.Anyone who likes it is welcome to do so. It doesn’t matter if you like it, or you don’t, this is a historic moment. Nearly 240 years of Supreme Court. You can deal with it.

“Don’t forget about the moment. Forget the moment. Don’t think about the moment. Don’t forget that she is the first African-American woman. She has the chops to do the job,” Goldberg came back shouting. Then she began to expound on how Jackson was opposed or seemed unconfident. “not thinking about what’s right for us. You’re not thinking about what’s best for the country.”

For her part, co-host Sara Haines got her talking point crossed again as she was both suggesting Barrett didn’t get tough questions and that the tough questions she got were justified. “They said, ‘well, you didn’t ask these questions with Amy Coney Barrett,” she said before eventually suggesting the religious discrimination she faced was warranted because she “interprets the Constitution very differently than” late-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Earlier in the segment, co-host and purported legal mind Sunny Hostin argued Republicans should be fine with Jackson being confirmed because it didn’t change the ideological makeup of the court. This was disingenuous, as dissenting views can later be used to overturn rulings.

Just as the segment was about to end, Justice Barrett got a slap from Hostin. He cherry-picked her past and suggested she was unqualified to serve on the court. Hostin even suggested Barrett “had no experience practicing law whatsoever.”

And she helped conclude the segment by equating confirming Jackson to making Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday:

Ana, you are right. I wonder if the regret. It was a great time when Senator John McCain came on to the program. And I spoke to him backstage, and I said, “I was really disappointed in you vote against making Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday a federal holiday. I’m still disappointed in that.” He said, “that was the worst vote of my life. And I regret it.” He said that to me, and he regretted it. These Republicans should be ashamed.

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You can find the transcript below. To read it, please click on “expand”.

ABC’s The View
April 4, 2022
Eastern at 11:15:21

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WHOOPI GOLDBERG: You know, this is the most ridiculous — just say, “I don’t trust a black woman to do the job.” Because I know that y’all didn’t have these same issues with Amy Coney Barrett. You did not ask these questions. These problems weren’t yours. Nobody seemed to be offended by Amy Coney Barrett’s answer when she answered in the same manner Judge Ketanji White did when she asked her whether they would need to add more Supreme Court judges.

NO.

GOLDBERG : Many of you are having problems with Judge. You know exactly what it is.

HOSTIN: Yeah.

GOLDBERG (German): It is something we all understand. Everyone knows what it is. It is something we recognize. This is something we are used to, but do you know what? It’s impossible to take away the woman she is and her history, as well as what and how they got there.

HOSTIN: Yeah.

SARAHAINES: It’s likely that she will win the election, right?

HOSTIN: It will pass. It will, I believe.

HOSTIN – I feel it will emerge from this committee tied, 11 to 11. It’s not clear yet. It’s possible for Senator Schumer to bring the matter up on the floor, and it will likely be confirmed by her on Thursday. But to Whoopi’s point, you know, what’s interesting to me is that we know that the court is conservative. It is conservative between 6 and 3. Judge Jackson – soon-to-be, in my view, Justice Jackson’s point of view or whatever she does, does not change the composition of the court. For Senator Jackson – for Senator blunt even to suggest that she isn’t going to do what it takes to get the job done —

GOLDBERG:  It’s bull. It’s bull.

HOSTIN: It’s bull.

ANA NAVARRO – I will tell you. This is cowardice, lame, and pathetic partisanship. Okay? Because they are – they are bending themselves into pretzel shapes, and they’re agonizing and apologizing basically for saying, we’re not going to do the right thing. It makes us feel terrible that we are voting against her. Because they are certain she will be justice, it makes them feel terrible.

HOSTIN: It’s not bad enough.

NAVARRO, They are sorry that she is going to get the 50 votes. This is going to be her justice. They are going to miss an historic moment in voting for the first woman of color.

HAINES: Yep.

HOSTIN: Yeah.

NAVARRO It’s up to you whether or not you like it. It doesn’t matter if you like it or you don’t, this is a historic moment. Nearly 240 years of Supreme Court. You can deal with it.

GOLDBERG Go ahead.

HAINES : And they didn’t know the math that would stop it allowed them to do the right things. Knowing they can’t stop it, that’s the time to say, “oh, good my political pressure is off.” This is an amazing moment, and it’s an amazing moment because she is more than qualified to do this job.

GOLDBERG: That’s – that’s the thing to keep in mind. Don’t lose sight of the present. Don’t forget about the moment. Don’t think about the moment. It’s not important that she is first-ever black woman. She is a competent and capable woman. And the fact that you are saying, “well, no, I’m not sure,” just tells me once again all of y’all who are saying, “you know, well, I’m not sure,” that you are not thinking about what’s right for us. Your country is not in your thoughts.

HOSTIN: Yeah.

GOLDBERG – Why would you not want someone with a lot of experience to complete the task?!

HAINES: And a lot of people compare — they said, “well, you didn’t ask these questions with Amy Coney Barrett.” Just to point out, Amy Coney Barrett was rushed through within a month of an election when the Republicans, Mitch McConnell had said, “I’m not even looking at Merrick Garland in the same year as an election.”

And two, she changed the – She was swapped out. RBG, she has a different interpretation of the Constitution than Amy Coney Barrett. Amy Coney Barrett faced two obstacles. So, to compare her to this justice – almost justice at the time.

HOSTIN: This is the first time she has tried to take on a case. She has never attempted to represent anyone in a court case. She has never represented someone in litigation. She was not a Supreme Court advocate. She has never written any Supreme Court briefings.

GOLDBERG (passes over card): You can read that.

HOSTIN: Okay. HOSTIN: Okay. She had just three years of experience in the courtroom before becoming a Supreme Court justice. She’d never been a judge before Trump appointed her to the 7th circuit court of appeal.

GOLDBERG: Never.

HOSTIN : She has not tried any case to verdict and she never argued an appeal before a court. HOSTIN: She had almost no legal experience. My law school was her first choice, and I’m proud. But, she isn’t the best qualified.

Ana, you are right. I wonder if the regret. It was a great time when Senator John McCain came on to the program. And I spoke to him backstage, and I said, “I was really disappointed in you vote against making Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday a federal holiday. I’m still disappointed in that.” He said, “that was the worst vote of my life. And I regret it.” He said that to me, and he regretted it. These Republicans should be ashamed.

GOLDBERG: He was an entirely different type of person.

[Crosstalk]

NAVARRO — To admit error and have regrets is practically extinct at the moment. It is my hope that Mitt Romney acts right. If you’re listening Mitt Romney, now is the time.

GOLDBERG