D.C.'s histrionics pale next to heroics in Ukraine
By Froma Harrop
The horror in Ukraine offered a changed focus from the idiocy in Washington, D.C., on what used to be normal business. It was gratifying to see almost all our political sides come together over Russia’s cruelty in Ukraine and its threat to the West.
However, the cartoon capering during the confirmation hearing for a Supreme Court nominee managed to divert attention even from that. Americans were awakened from the heroic struggle in Ukraine and again confronted with the moronic culture war that commands attention in Washington. This time, Republican senators attacked Ketanji Brown Jackson, making up positions she never had. They went so far as to link her to a children’s book about race she apparently never heard of.
This is why I wish President Biden hadn’t made a big deal about naming a Black woman to the Supreme Court. He could have simply nominated Jackson without making it a race-based thing.
Democrats have participated in their own ugly pile-ons, but in this one, Republicans hit a new bottom. Senators are free to oppose a nominee, but must they debase the civic culture with their exhibitionist performances?
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