Sen. Dick Durbin, chair of the Judiciary Committee, said Monday that he’s “very concerned” Republicans will unleash ugly attacks on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s character or her identity as a Black woman. huffpost.com/entry/dick-dur…
Durbin gave a couple reasons why he's worried about this.
One is that he's seen the way some GOP members of the committee have treated other Black, female nominees who have come before the panel.
He's seen a theme to Republicans questioning these nominees' "temperament."
One is that he's seen the way some GOP members of the committee have treated other Black, female nominees who have come before the panel.
He's seen a theme to Republicans questioning these nominees' "temperament."
"It doesn’t reflect well on their temperament,” Durbin said of GOP senators doing this to Black female nominees.
“I think there is an opportunity to be direct and pointed without being confrontational and disrespectful.”
“I think there is an opportunity to be direct and pointed without being confrontational and disrespectful.”
Another reason he's worried about GOP senators being particularly harsh toward Jackson is because he's seen their attacks on other Black female nominees lead to dangerous threats against those nominees.
Without naming names, Durbin said there was another Black, female nominee who recently came before his committee who Republicans were particularly aggressively about attacking, including on Twitter.
"There were threats on her family after that.” huffpost.com/entry/dick-dur…
"There were threats on her family after that.” huffpost.com/entry/dick-dur…
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