![]() In a recent exclusive interview with theGrio, Congressman Mondaire Jones, who attended Judge Jackson’s alma mater Harvard Law School, said he believes Jackson “will bring a much-needed new perspective to the Supreme Court.” “When that final vote happens and you are sent onto the highest court in the land, I’m going to rejoice… and the greatest country in the world, the United States of America will be better because of you.” Cory Booker (D-NJ) speak, Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s eyes fill with tears during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Main Washington, DC. “This country is getting better and better and better.” ![]() “You are my harbinger of hope,” he added. Going back to harsh criticisms from Republicans, Booker said, “You faced insults here that were shocking to me - well, actually not shocking.” He made clear to Judge Jackson that despite that criticism, “You’re here, and I know what it’s taken for you to sit in that seat.” He added, “Nobody’s gonna steal the joy of that woman in the street or the calls that I’m getting or the texts. Speaking directly to Jackson, Booker continued, “I want to tell you when I look at you this is why I get emotional - and I’m sorry, you’re a person that is so much more than your race and gender…but for me, I’m sorry, it’s hard for me not to look at you and not see my mom…I see my ancestors and yours.” ![]() And I just hugged him, and he just kept telling me, it’s so good to see you here,” Booker recalled. “He comes up he can’t get the words out and this man, my elder, starts crying. A Black man who worked in the Capitol building, he said, approached the senator and said to him, “I’m so happy you’re here.” Senate and being the only sitting Black senator in the upper chamber. Senator Booker then shared another story about when he was first elected to the U.S. “What they’re bringing up…that just doesn’t hold water,” he said. l7CnRiP0XAīooker slammed his Republican colleagues’ treatment of Judge Jackson, which some outside the committee have outright called racist. Thank you Senator for saying what needed to be said. And how do I know that? Because you are here and I know what it has taken to sit in that seat.” – Senator to Judge Jackson today. “But don’t worry my sister, God has got you. Lindsey Graham even suggested that Judge Jackson was the nominee as a result of “dark money” from far-left advocacy groups. Ted Cruz implied taught “critical race theory.” Other Republican members on the committee like Sen. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was moved to tears during a stirring speech delivered by Senator Cory Booker on Day 3 of Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings.ĭuring his 20-minute allotted time to question Judge Jackson on the final day of the nominee’s Q&A portion of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Booker chose instead to praise Jackson after a series of contentious questioning from Republican Senators.Īs previously reported by theGrio, Jackson had been assailed by Republicans about a range of issues from her sentencing record on child pornography cases to her association with a private school in Washington, D.C. Cory Booker to Judge Jackson, who stands to become the first Black woman Supreme Court justice.
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