.thereidout Blog: The Kentucky Republican has spent his nearly 40 years in the Senate forging his reputation as a staunch opponent of racial and gender progress so his vote against Judge Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will be no surprise.
The Kentucky Republican has spent his nearly 40 years in the Senate forging his reputation as a staunch opponent of racial and gender progress, and his obsession with appointing judges who align with that view is well-known.
McConnell claimed Jackson would be the “crowning jewel” of a Biden administration “campaign to make the federal bench systemically softer on crime.” He bemoaned a “deeply invested far-left fan club” that he claimed wanted Jackson elected, an empty claim undercut by the judge's bipartisan support, including from conservative organizations like the Fraternal Order of Police.
McConnell’s speech hearkened back to that of the infamous Southern segregationist George Wallace, the Alabama governor who once advocated for Wallace vowed to fight against antiracist laws, and told judges enforcing them to “put that in their opium pipes of power and smoke it for what it is worth.”
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