against putting african-americans and hispanics on the befnch than joe biden. hook what he did to clarence thomas. he used the jim crow filibuster. joe biden has an atrocious record and i think our hearts out to be full that an african-american female can finally get past joe biden s record. he is, after 36 years, he has finally found religion on this issue. so we ought to question them vigorously, look at their qualifications, look at their experience. and that is perfectly fine. but we ought to rejoice rejoice that joe biden s decided to stop trying to prevent minorities from making high federal office in this country. bakari, what is your response to that? also keep in mind former gop south carolina governor, nikki haley, recently tweeted quote would be nice if president biden chose the supreme court nominee who is best qualified, without a race, gender, or litmus test. that s what i did when i picked tim scott as senator of south carolina. my republican colleagues, respectful
it tonight. i am actually glad that that scott, his heart is full. it warms me to hear him say that. however, turley s reasoning was rooted, um, in a in a white-male privilege that many times you don t acknowledge you have. before thurgood marshall, it was a given that every justice nominated to the supreme court was going to be a white male. do we look back at that as saying that is some affirmative action? that is some quota? given that every president prior to thurgood marshall, we knew they were going to select, um, a white male. we didn t look at that as discrimination. the fact is you played that trump chip but the republican savior ronald reagan in 1980 even said that he was running on the fact he was going to appoint a woman to the bench. the fact is now, we have joe biden saying and let me just clarify joe biden s record for scott and others. he has actually appointed the most diverse federal judges this country s ever seen, and included in that has been the
very careful in terms of how we address that, and what the russians might do in terms of cyberactivity in the near future. interesting. general hurtly, steve hall, really appreciate it. thank you coming up next. president biden coming under increasing criticism for openly pledging to name a black woman to the supreme court. the question, does it amount to a litmus test or just him making a promise and keeping it? also, are his critics open to charges of hypocrisy? we will talk about it when we continue. allergies don t have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! flonase all good.
justice ruth bader ginsburg s seat on the court. it will be a woman. a very talented, very brilliant woman. who i excehaven t chosen yet bu have numerous women on the list. so, what is the difference between that and what biden said? no difference. but i happen to agree with professor turley in his op-ed you referenced. i think biden is actually doing a disservice to whoever he picks because the list i have seen is full of highly qualified, highly experienced people who could stand on their own without biden having backed into this the way he did but i have to tell you i don t think republicans should focus on this. what they really ought to focus on is having full hearts. my heart is full that an african-american woman is gonna be on the supreme court because there is not been anybody in washington over the last 36 years who has fought harder
subject? a column for the wall street journal, law professor jonathan turley seems to suggest the president s decision would have been fine if he had only been less forth right about it. m yet, it is also unnecessary. mr. biden could have selected a black woman for the court while maintaining, as ufrtds do, that he would consider all possible candidates on the totality of their records. in other words, do it just don t be entirely honest about what you are doing. so plenty to talk about. also senate minority leader mcconnell s suggestion that the president might, in his words, quote outsource this important decision to the radical left. joining us to discuss all of it, two cnn political commentators, bakari sellers, author of the really fun and beautiful children s book who are your people? also, scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. bush. scott, i want to play something former-president trump said at a rally in september 2020 about nominating a woman to f