President Joe Biden on Saturday took aim at Sen. Roger Wicker after the Mississippi Republican racist implied that a Black female justice couldn’t possibly be qualified to be on the Supreme Court.
Wicker, who represents a state with a strong Black population in his state, reportedly said: “The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very same time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota. The majority of the court may be saying writ large that it’s unconstitutional. We’ll see how that irony works out, will probably not get a single Republican vote.”
In response, the Biden White House released a statement explaining that elevating a Black woman to the Supreme Court “is in line with the best traditions of both parties and our nation.”
Biden spokesman Andrew Bates noted that President Reagan had pledged during his campaign to send the first woman to the court, saying that it “symbolized” the American ideal “that permits persons of any sex, age, or race, from every section and every walk of life to aspire and achieve in a manner never before even dreamed about in human history.”
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“We hope Senator Wicker will give President Biden’s nominee the same consideration he gave to then-Judge Barrett,” Bates said, according to The Washington Post.
Biden’s move to keep a campaign pledge that he would nominate a Black female to the Supreme Court has triggered Republicans, and many have responded with the presumption that such a nominee couldn’t have the experience necessary. Instead, Biden is considering several highly qualified Black women with extensive experience, noted the Raw Story.
