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President @JoeBiden today called what #KetanjiBrownJacksonHearing endured at the hands of 11 snarling, sneering, dishonest Republicans during her #SCOTUS confirmation hearings: “verbal abuse.” Accurate, Mr President. 
Biden also praised the three Republicans who defied rank partisanship and voted to confirm Judge Jackson: @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski who is up for re-election, so took a genuine risk, and especially @MittRomney, whose father, as Biden pointed out, was a civil rights stalwart.
I’m with Biden on that. All politics aside, these three earned that praise. Particularly Murkowski and Romney, who indeed honored his father with his vote and by standing alone on the Republican side to applaud the vote, while his fellow Republicans stormed out like trolls.
The entire #KetanjiBrownJacksonHearing has been performance art at a time when #SCOTUS public approval ratings are at an all time low. (SCOTUS public approval is lower than after Bush v Gore 😬). It's bread an circuses to give the court a patina of legitimacy.
The process is broken, Gorsuch, Barrett and Kavanagh arguably should not be on the bench. They are only there through the machinations of a GOP Senate leadership that was obsessed with 1) Undermining Obama 2) Ensuring Trump remained in office should his 2020 lawsuits get that far
Even the most casual American voters saw the GOP senate steal a seat from Obama. Millions watched as Kavanagh screamed and pouted to avoid answering questions about his finances, alleged sexual assaults (there were more than 1) and writings on torture during the Bush years
