Thread by @JudiciaryDems

"The overwhelming majority of Senators were asking appropriate questions...and respectful of the nominee before us. But for many Senators, yesterday was an opportunity to showcase talking points for the November election."

Chair @SenatorDurbin starts today with a FACT CHECK ⬇️

False claim 1: All Democrats are "soft on crime."

Durbin to Jackson: "You made a mess of their stereotype… Law enforcement is on your side because you've been on their side at critical moments... So the soft on crime charge, which leads all others, falls on its face."

False claim 2: Judge Jackson is out of the mainstream when it comes to child pornography cases.

Durbin: "You are in the same place as 80% of federal judges [in District of DC cases] when it comes to sentencing on child pornography cases...You're in the mainstream of sentencing."

Durbin to Jackson: "I also think it's ironic the Senator from Missouri who unleashed this discredited attack refuses to acknowledge that his own choice for federal judge in the Eastern District of Missouri has done exactly what you did."

False claim 3: Jackson's public defender background stains her nomination.

Durbin to Jackson: "Republican judges, very conservative ones, don't see this as a blemish on your character & understand...the 6th Amendment creates a responsibility that people have a right to counsel."

Durbin to Jackson: "You are [a] respected, successful woman of color. You've been approved three times by this Committee for increasingly significant judicial assignments... America is ready for this Supreme Court glass ceiling to finally shatter."