The Washington Put up slammed the “clownish” habits of the Republican lawmakers who’ve launched egregious assaults on Supreme Courtroom nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson throughout her Senate affirmation hearings this week.
However the habits of Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) ― who went off on wild tangents ― distracted “from their extra productive questioning, and from what ought to have been the order of the day: recognizing the historic nomination of the primary Black lady to sit down on the Supreme Courtroom and utilizing the chance to probe thorny authorized questions in good religion,” it stated.
“Neither aspect is innocent within the politicization of the affirmation course of. However, significantly after they iced out then-Decide Merrick Garland in 2016, Republicans have completed essentially the most injury,” the board concluded. “The clownish performances by Mr. Graham and others proceed them on that trajectory.”
