“The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of [.]
Wicker added that the nominee should not expect to get any votes from the Republican senators, saying “I guarantee you this, Paul, this new justice will probably not get a single Republican vote."
Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker said the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court will be a "beneficiary" of affirmative action – and predicted President Biden's pick "will probably not get a single Republican vote."