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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans use Jackson hearings to outline priorities on education, abortion and LGBT rights
Republican senators appear to be using the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to lay out their political priorities for the 2022 midterms and beyond. These include the banning of abortion and questioning the constitutionality of gay marriage, culture war battles that are already being engaged at the state and local levels.
For many senators, yesterday was an opportunity to showcase talking points for the November election, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in his remarks opening Wednesdays hearing, adding to Jackson, Your nomination turned out to be a testing ground for conspiracy theories and culture war theories.
These themes are significant, given that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly told colleagues and donors last year that he wasnt going to put forth a platform for Republicans to run on in 2022, hoping that the traditional midterm backlash against an incumbent in the White House will put the GOP back in power. When Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, released a policy agenda for the party, McConnell publicly criticized him.
While McConnell reportedly wanted to avoid any spectacle around a nomination that will not shift the balance of power on the court, the members of the Judiciary Committee did not oblige. Their questioning underlined national debates about abortion, LGBT rights and teaching about race and sexuality, among others. It also sought to cast a negative light on Jacksons allegedly lenient sentencing, repeatedly returning to the topic of child pornography long after their concerns had been refuted.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-use-jackson-hearings-to-outline-priorities-on-education-abortion-and-lgbt-rights-190757328.html
The GOP is arming up for the culture wars. When your enemy is self-destructing don't interfere.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,487 posts)Which unnerved the Republicans on the Committee. Ben Sasse seemed the most reasonable, but will likely be a NO vote to confirm her.
Democrats have much to run on. Republicans, not so much.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,487 posts)I did get your drift.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,645 posts)and their leaders don't care and don't evolve and don't have more empathy.
They only spew more hate. more close minded thinking, welcome to 2022
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Irish_Dem
(45,657 posts)Thank to the PutinGOP.