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This is not a normal day for America-Cory Booker expresses overwhelming joy at Judge Jackson hearing
This makes me smile
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The moment came during Booker's opening remarks on the first day of Senate confirmation hearings. Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
"This is not a normal day for America," Booker said as Jackson smiled. "We have never had this moment before. And I just want to talk about the joy. I know tomorrow and the coming hearings we're going to have tough, hard questions. But please, let me just acknowledge the fact that this is not normal."
"It's never happened before," he continued. "The Senate is poised right now to break another barrier. We are on the precipice of shattering another ceiling, another glass ceiling. It's a sign that we as a country are continuing to rise to our collective cherished highest ideals. I just feel the sense of overwhelming joy."
"This is not a normal day for America," Booker said as Jackson smiled. "We have never had this moment before. And I just want to talk about the joy. I know tomorrow and the coming hearings we're going to have tough, hard questions. But please, let me just acknowledge the fact that this is not normal."
"It's never happened before," he continued. "The Senate is poised right now to break another barrier. We are on the precipice of shattering another ceiling, another glass ceiling. It's a sign that we as a country are continuing to rise to our collective cherished highest ideals. I just feel the sense of overwhelming joy."
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