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Sat Apr 9, 2022, 02:58 PM Apr 2022

Skeletor and Little Marco voted against Supreme Court's first Floridian

Florida Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott both voted against confirming the first Floridian to the Supreme Court.

Incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman confirmed to the nation’s high court, was a year ahead in school at Miami Palmetto Senior High School when Rubio was a student at nearby rival South Miami Senior High School in the 1980s.

Rubio repeatedly called Jackson’s personal story inspiring in the weeks leading up to Thursday’s vote, but he telegraphed his opposition to Jackson early in the process when he said their one-on-one meeting did not ease his concerns.

Senate procedure required multiple votes on Jackson’s nomination, which meant Rubio and Scott both voted against President Joe Biden’s nominee four times in the course of the week.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-republicans-rubio-scott-vote-182111146.html

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