The hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson — Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court — started on Monday.
Republicans had questions about Jackson’s position on crime and Critical Race Theory.
MUST WATCH: Senator @HawleyMOThis article will cover seven instances in which Ketanji Jackson, who was very lenient with pedophiles and gave them sentences far below what the federal guidelines required. pic.twitter.com/9msrXDkJ9Z
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 21, 2022
.@MarshaBlackburnKetanji brown Jackson called out:
“You have praised the 1619 Project … and you have made clear that you believe judges must consider critical race theory when deciding how to sentence criminal defendants.” pic.twitter.com/QB6PY9VxRN
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 21, 2022
But in the height of hypocrisy, Democrats like Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) claimed that asking such questions of Jackson was somehow lacking in “civility and respect.”
Dick Durbin, the Judiciary Chairman: “We have heard that you claim to be’soft-on crime’.” These baseless charges are unfair…They fly in the face of pledges my colleagues made that they would approach your nomination with civility and respect.” https://t.co/0CE2ylhv3m pic.twitter.com/6xhsgOdypE
— ABC News (@ABC) March 21, 2022
“We’ve heard claims that you’re, quote, ‘soft on crime.’ These baseless charges are unfair,” Durbin claimed. “They fly in the face of pledges my colleagues made that they would approach your nomination with civility and respect.”
Are you kidding? These are legitimate questions about her temperament and philosophy. But, how dare Democrats speak of civility when they’ve done so to nominators since 1980s.
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) wouldn’t let them forget it.
Senator Ben Sasse: “The Supreme Court’s most recent nominee for the Supreme Court was repeatedly accused of serial rape.” The nominee before her was accused of serial rape…” pic.twitter.com/vsb08rEBeC
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 21, 2022
“The most recent Supreme Court nominee was subjected to repeated accusations that were nothing more than unfiltered religious bigotry against her. Her predecessor was charged with serial rape. This accusation was aided and assisted by [Democratic]Members of the Committee. If this process were conducted in good faith, Miguel Estrada and Janice Rogers Brown might well be on the Court today.”
Sasse even brought up how two years ago, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer threatened two sitting Supreme Court Justices — Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — if they didn’t vote the way that he wanted. “That’s weird,” Sasse said. That word is too gentle. That’s wrong, and Schumer still hasn’t apologized for it, indeed he attacked Republicans for even daring to question him on it.
Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, also took on the Democrats for their past behavior and how harsh they had been to minorities candidates if conservatives while boasting about Jackson’s race. Cruz noted how the Democrats filibustered Judge Janice Rogers Brown’s nomination to the D.C. Circuit because she was likely to be cut off at that stage to stop her going to the Supreme Court.
“If your race is Hispanic/African-American, you must leave. [Democrats’]Political orthodoxy: They will crush and slander you.
Sen. @tedcruzDemocrats accuse of discriminating against conservative nominations pic.twitter.com/QKW5M3Ef46
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 21, 2022
Cruz noted that Biden was among those involved in filibustering Brown — that very same process that Democrats now try to claim is “Jim Crow” and that they employed against a black woman.
“If your race is Hispanic/African-American, you must leave. [Democrats’]Political orthodoxy: They will crush and slay you.
Sen. @tedcruzDemocrats accuse of discriminating against conservative nominations pic.twitter.com/QKW5M3Ef46
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 21, 2022
“If you are Hispanic or African-American and you dare depart from [Democrats’] political orthodoxy, they will crush you, they will attack you, they will slander, they will filibuster you.”
Then Cruz laid out how the Democrats want the process to be anti-democratic, to be able to have activist judges push through the policies that they want but can’t get through legislation because Americans don’t want them.
Sen. @tedcruz:
“Our Democratic colleagues want the Supreme Court to be anti-democratic…” pic.twitter.com/lcsrDff2yg
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 21, 2022
Exactly. It must stop. The only way to stop it is not to just be nice to people you don’t know who are going to become activist judges. It is your responsibility to make sure that the process stops.
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