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Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing is meant to assess her qualifications to be appointed a Supreme Court justice.
What is has instead confirmed is that Republicans are completely unqualified when it comes to acting civilly, morally, and ethically - and that by virtue of their behaviour, they should be disqualified from holding any office whatsoever.
Of course it comes as no surprise that the party that confirmed a man whose entire confirmation hearing was rife with temper-tantrums, anger-laden outbursts, and bizarre comments about "liking beer" - and yet was considered to be just the kind of even-tempered, sober-minded jurist who should sit on the highest court in the land.
Confirmed: Republicans are corrupt, morally bankrupt racists whose only chance of survival is ensuring that their corrupt, morally bankrupt, racist adherents can watch them belittle an "uppity black woman" when the opportunity presents itself.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)all they do now is perform for the fascist cult
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)Wants a Facist Dictator in either their God DonaldTrump or will settle for Ron DeSantis or Greg Abbot- a system exactly like the Russian Government. They are now the Commies they feared in the 1950s.
gab13by13
(21,295 posts)Every Republican belongs to the Putin Party, its leader, confirmed by CPAC, is Putin puppet, Donald Trump.
Putin=Trump=GQP.
They want autocracy over democracy, it's the only way they can maintain minority rule.
DENVERPOPS
(8,806 posts)calling them "Pinkos".............see how they handle that when constantly called the name they previously used to label anyone they disagreed with................
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)fits too,
akbacchus_BC
(5,704 posts)American people. Never thought rethugs would side with an oligarch to invade a country without any provocation. Makes me sick, hope Reagan is rolling over in his grave!
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,800 posts)He had a hand in this!
quakerboy
(13,918 posts)When that smarmy little get was playing up his thing about access to documents and kept asking "is there anything else that Democrats have access to that Republicans dont" .. Common decency, honesty, intelligence, integrity, etc would have been my immediate and instinctual response. And however true that is, it probably wouldn't go over well. Definitely wouldn't help get KBJ over the finish line and onto the court.
jaxexpat
(6,817 posts)I suffer the selfsame seething about this whole "confirmation" charade.
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madaboutharry
(40,203 posts)in CRT are true. The behavior of these republican Senators towards Judge Jackson proved how Black people are to this day viewed through a lens of suspicion and racism. It was actually heartbreaking to watch the pathetic performance by Ted Cruz as he held up these childrens books and could not say the authors name without a tone of scorn. And they ended the day with the ridiculous mush mouth Marsha Blackburn, a blatantly ignorant racist and bigot. Blackburn started her time with insincere phony compliments before launching into her ugly questioning of a woman superior to her in every way possible, including human decency.
The entire day was a sickening reminder of how many terrible people there are in this world.
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)Losers all, just like 45!
KS Toronado
(17,191 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,182 posts)2naSalit
(86,522 posts)Eloquent as ever!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Excessive paranoia, worry, or anxiety. CHECK
Long-lasting sadness or irritability. CHECK
Extreme changes in moods. CHECK
Social withdrawal. CHECK
Dramatic changes in eating or sleeping pattern. TBD....but a steady diet of shit and crow can't be healthy.
paulkienitz
(1,296 posts)Escurumbele
(3,386 posts)Thank you
multigraincracker
(32,669 posts)put them with the ones we wii get this November when we win back the Senate and sweep the House? I really think this will happen, as all of the tRump signs in my area have been taken down in the last two weeks
FalloutShelter
(11,847 posts)czarjak
(11,266 posts)paulkienitz
(1,296 posts)A: It doesn't matter which it is.
ificandream
(9,361 posts)They know, outside of a miracle, that she'll be confirmed. So this is just to show their "muscle" and also make noise for Fux and other right-wing outlets. What they don't seem to realize is that opposition doesn't have to mean being stupid. But, of course, their Big Kahuna is an Orange Idiot.
Joinfortmill
(14,413 posts)Anyone still in this abomination of a party is on the wrong side of everything good in this world.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,562 posts)niyad
(113,239 posts)calimary
(81,198 posts)Right there on the televised hearings. The bullshit party. They bring nothing to the table but bad manners, germs, and insect infestations.