Kimberly Atkins: GOP Bringing Up Judge Jackson’s Record Is About Sexism and Racism, This Is About Midterm Elections

‘Appealing to cultural wars, appealing to a segment of the GOP that is into conspiracy theories about Democrats and child porn’

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ATKINS STOHR: "I think it was mostly about the latter points that you raised, Chris, in part because we know that this is the -- not only the third time that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has gone for Senate confirmation, it’s the second time in as many years she’s appeared before this committee. They have had just about the entirety of her record before them before, and even some members who had voted favorably for her out of that committee were among those who were on the attack this week. This is about midterm elections, appealing to cultural wars, appealing to a segment of the GOP that is into conspiracy theories about Democrats and child porn and trying to tag that at a time where this should be a historic moment where the Supreme Court could be getting its first black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. This was about politics. It really wasn’t about the judge at all. I agree that she held her temperament well, but I think she and a lot of folks, particularly black women who're expected to keep a straight face in the face of attacks like this could really feel that frustration and share that with her. But it was politics as usual. It wasn’t about getting to know her record, it was about making a point."
 

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