to vote and confirm ketanji brown jackson to the senate. the country s first black woman vice president announced the confirmation of the country s first black woman supreme court justice. the applause that followed was the sound of history made and progress sustained. nearly all of the 47 republican senators who voted against judge jackson after working overtime to prevent or confirmation left the room as the sound grew louder. senator mitt romney stayed, on his feet, applauding the moment. the senator was one of three republicans who broke ranks with the parties rigid stance against judge jackson. he voted yes based on the judges merits. so, he joined in the joy that filled the senate chamber. just ahead of the vote, senator warnock, the first black senator from the state of georgia, explained that joy this way. mister president, i rise to today to express my in voting to confirm judge
50, three the nays votes are 47. and the nominations. confirmed. [applause] you hear that? they are still going. that went on for almost a minute before they were gaveled to order. there was a sound from the floor in the gallery of the senate after it voted 53 to 47 to vote and confirm ketanji brown-jackson to the supreme court. the country s first black woman vice president denounced the confirmation of the country s first black woman to become supreme court justice. the applause was the sound of progress in history sustained. nearly all of the 47 republican senators who voted against judge jackson after working overtime to prevent or confirmation left the room as
joy. yes, i am a senator. . but beyond all of that, i am the father of a young black girl. and i know how much it means for a jackson to have navigated the double jeopardy of racism and sexism and to now stand in the glory of this moment. in all of her excellence. and judge jackson s did stand in the glory of that moment with the president, who nominated her to fill justice breyer s seat. the to watch together as the votes came in. they felt the arc of history band. we will get to hear from judge jackson tomorrow when she delivers remarks alongside president biden and vice president harris. this is what the vice president had to say about the vote today after she gaveled it in. i am overjoyed.
presidential stationary. she proceeded to hand it over to the only two black democrats in the senate. senators cory booker and raphael warnock. apparently, the vice president told them she hadn t assignment. she wanted each of them to write a letter to a young black woman in their life as a way of commemorating the state in history. senator raphael warnock has shared the letter that he wrote. it is addressed to his daughter chloe and it reads. today, we confirmed ketanji brown-jackson to the united states supreme court. in our nation s history, she is the first supreme court justice who looks like you, with her like yours. while we were voting on the floor of the senate, a friend of mine, the vice president of the united states, handed me this piece of paper and suggested that i would write a letter to someone who comes to mind. by the, way she is the first vice president who also looks like you. i wrote this note to say that you can be anything, achieve anything you set your heart to
i know how much it means for judge jackson to have navigated a double jeopardy of racism and sexism to now stand in the glory of this moment and all of her excellence. and judge jackson did stand in the glory of that moment, with the president, who nominated her to fill justice breyer s seat. the two watched together as the votes came in. they felt the arc of history bend. we will get to hear from judge jackson tomorrow when she delivers remarks alongside president biden and vice president harris. this is what the vice president had to say about the vote today after she gavelled it in. i m overjoyed, deeply moved. there is still so much yet to accomplish. and that we can accomplish, including a day like today that is so historic and so important