GOP Sen. Wicker compares Biden's Supreme Court pledge to affirmative action
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., compared President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court to affirmative action, prompting the White House to defend Biden’s move as building on past presidential promises that elevated women to the high court.
In an interview on a local radio show, the senator was asked if Biden was demeaning his future nominee’s qualifications by using race or gender as a criteria.
“The irony is the Supreme Court, at the very same time, is hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination and while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota," he said on "The Paul Gallo Show.” “The majority of the court might be saying, writ large, it’s unconstitutional. We’ll see how that irony works out."
“I’ll guarantee you this, Paul. This new justice will probably not get a single Republican vote," Wicker added.
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Because chuggin' pukin' Kavanaugh was so highly qualified. 
On edit: White House pushes back after Republican senator says Supreme Court pick will be ‘beneficiary’ of affirmative action
The White House on Saturday issued a forceful rebuke to a U.S. senator from Mississippi who said President Biden’s promise to pick a Black woman for the Supreme Court would ensure that the nominee is a “beneficiary” of affirmative action.
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On Saturday, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement that Biden’s promise to elevate a Black woman to the highest U.S. court “is in line with the best traditions of both parties and our nation.”
Bates noted that Ronald Reagan had pledged during his presidential campaign to send the first woman to the court, saying that it “symbolized” the American ideal that “permits persons of any sex, age, or race, from every section and every walk of life to aspire and achieve in a manner never before even dreamed about in human history.”
Reagan selected Sandra Day O’Connor for a vacancy in 1981. She served on the Supreme Court until 2006.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/29/white-house-pushes-back-after-republican-senator-says-supreme-court-pick-will-be-beneficiary-affirmative-action/
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