Ted Cruz got judged for asking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson if she thinks babies are racist
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been nominated for a seat on the US Supreme Court and is currently undergoing confirmation hearings, to determine whether she is a fit and proper person for the office.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a brilliant legal mind with the utmost character and integrity.
She deserves to be confirmed as the next Justice of the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/a15I2VkbLb
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 21, 2022
The nomination of an African-American woman has seriously rattled many on the right of US politics, including Senator Lindsey Graham. He stormed out of Tuesday’s hearing after grilling Ms. Brown Jackson about her religious beliefs, suggesting the non-denominational Christian might be unable to judge Catholics fairly.
It’s 2022 and senator Lindsey Graham asked this question during a senate supreme court hearing.
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 22, 2022
On the same day as Senator Graham’s inability to separate church and state, the judge had to face a very odd line of questioning from Ted Cruz.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson takes a moment to gather her thoughts after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) asks her if she believes babies are racist. pic.twitter.com/h9GcxHYcrd
— The Recount (@therecount) March 22, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson: I have not reviewed any of those books.. They don’t come up in my work as a judge which I’m respectfully here to address… pic.twitter.com/fS1MNkTURf
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 22, 2022
Because the book Antiracist Baby is available in the library of a school on whose board Ms. Brown Jackson sits, Ted Cruz somehow thought that made it okay to try and prove that she would push Critical Race Theory on the Supreme Court – presumably by making them read about racist babies.
The sigh. The pause. The double blink. The angle of the head. Volumes spoken before giving the answer. We understand. https://t.co/0nDjSQrHlF
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) March 22, 2022
To say he got dragged would be putting it mildly.
1.
Did @tedcruz just ask #KetanjiBrownJackson if she believes babies are racist??? What the hell.
This #CriticalRaceTheory discussion is off the rails. It's a theory taught in law school not in K-12 curriculum. CRT is irrelevant to this confirmation hearing.
— Ameshia Cross (@AmeshiaCross) March 22, 2022
2.
OMG Cruz is a douche rocket. https://t.co/7tCQi1dM0H
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) March 22, 2022
3.
Babies aren’t racist, but there’s a good chance children raised by white nationalist Republicans will be racist. https://t.co/3RhDEDpa33
— Sarah Wood (@sarahwoodwriter) March 22, 2022
4.
Ted Cruz on Monday: "There won't be any antics" in these #SCOTUSHearings
Also Ted Cruz: https://t.co/xZ1m9jwNas
— Tara Dublin 🇺🇦🌻 (@taradublinrocks) March 22, 2022
5.
I know Twitter likes to dunk on Ted Cruz a lot, but we should all respect that no one likes making Ted Cruz look like an idiot more than Ted Cruz himself. https://t.co/nZelRpBAxt
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 22, 2022
6.
It appears that the prospect of having a Black woman on the Supreme Court has broken Ted Cruz https://t.co/qsgvhGnzAR
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 22, 2022
7.
Ted Cruz working very hard to try and craft a clip for fox “news.”
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 22, 2022
8.
I just asked a random baby if it was racist and it said: ‘No, but I f*cking hate Ted Cruz’ @tedcruz
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) March 22, 2022
9.
It's possible that Ted Cruz genuinely wonders whether babies are racist because every baby he has ever encountered has recoiled from him with horror and disgust
— RacistAFBabiesHat (@Popehat) March 22, 2022
10.
remember that poll that found 1 in 8 men think that they could score a point against serena williams in a game of tennis? i think of that every time ted cruz speaks
— Erin r babies racist Ryan (@morninggloria) March 22, 2022
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Racist Baby asks if babies can be racist. https://t.co/6pwIjRqQPc
— Dave Pell (@davepell) March 23, 2022
Laura Bassett mused on the fast turnaround of Ted Cruz news, from one day when he was pulling the old ‘Don’t you know who I am?‘ with airport staff, to the next day when he was asking if babies are racist.
I can't get over the fact that Ted Cruz yelled at Montana airport employees "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" and they had to call the cops on him because he was so pissed that he was missing his flight back to DC to ask Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson if babies are racist
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) March 22, 2022
Tune in tomorrow for the next episode of Cirque de Ted Cruz.
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