Democrats and civil rights advocates mobilize to defend Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson against expected GOP attacks at her Senate confirmation hearings.
sent separate letters in recent days expressing support for Jackson’s confirmation, building on a wide-ranging and bipartisan group of leaders who have endorsed her.
Rep. Joyce Beatty , who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, described its role as being “the wind beneath her wings.” The group has set up a war room for the confirmation and other issues, but has declined to provide details about what it plans to do.in regard to the nomination since three of their own — Ted Cruz of Texas, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and John Kennedy of Louisiana — were criticized weeks ago for their rhetoric around President Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman.
Democrats vigorously pushed back. Bush said public defenders typically represent people who are in need — often the most marginalized community members. “We will be promoting her swift confirmation via the press on national news in English and Spanish, radio, and social media in order to continue to draw attention to her impeccable life experience and professional accolades that make her overqualified and very much suitable to be our Supreme Court justice,” said Rep. Raul Ruiz , chairman of the Hispanic Caucus.
At the time, they fought narratives that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to be vice president, wasn’t qualified, and quickly countered attacks that played on racist and sexist stereotypes — including claims by then-President Trump that Harris wasn’t “competent,” and his attempt to amplifythat she wasn’t born a U.S. citizen, similar to the falsehoods he had pushed about Barack Obama before and during the first Black president’s administration.
“I promise you, when [Jackson] takes that seat in October ’22, you’re going to see people feel a certain kind of way,” said Fatima Goss Graves, president and chief executive of the National Women’s Law Center. “I think people will be excited to break this barrier, and I refuse to let those who are trying to resort to an old playbook disrupt my joy in this.”
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