Fmr. Sen. Moseley Braun: Judge Jackson Questioning ‘Appealing to the Worst Instincts’

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MOSELEY BRAUN: “Judge Jackson is eminently qualified, and quite frankly, hers should be a bulletproof nomination. It should just flown through the Senate. And I hate to say that I'm afraid the political climate has changed sufficiently that people see this as an opportunity for political theater, to make points with a narrow base. They’re appealing to the worst instincts of the American people. And quite frankly, as a country I believe we’d moved past that. These kind of racist tropes they’re coming up with haven’t worked for, what, 50 years? But quite frankly, if you look at it this way, she has comported herself with such dignity, such class, such composure. I have been so proud of her because, frankly, were it me, unfortunately I've got a shorter fuse so I don’t know that I could have been that composed as she has been. But she’s shown the absolute best judicial temperament in all of this nonsense.”