under rana mcdaniel, the same rana mcdaniel that now has the nerve to attack ketanji brown jackson for being soft on child porn offenders. you might say all of those republicans deny those accusations and they weren t convicted of any crimes. okay, fine. how about denny hastert, former republican house speaker for eight years. he went to prison in 2016 after admitting to sexually abusing young boys. the judge called him a serial child molester. the former speaker. how about ruben verastagi. the 24-year-old former republican staffer who was sentenced to 12.5 years for trading in child pornography on thursday. just this past thursday! in fact, ironically, the same day that judge jackson was confirmed to the supreme court. to be clear, i m not suggesting that the republican party is a party of pedophiles. that s the kind of collective blaming and smearing that republicans use to demonize democrats and liberals more broadly. we shouldn t help them turn child sex crimes into a party politic
wrestlers of ignoring allegations of sexual abuse by a team doctor at ohio state university while he was an assistant coach there in the 1990s? something he denies. are we supposed to forget that roy moore, the republican candidate for the senate in alabama in 2017 was credibly accused of sexually assaulting girls as young as 14 and 16, something he denies. moore was endorsed by the republican national committee under rana mcdaniel, the same rana mcdaniel that now has the nerve to attack ketanji brown jackson for being soft on child porn offenders. you might say all of those republicans deny those accusations and they weren t convicted of any crimes. okay, fine. how about denny hastert, former republican house speaker for eight years. he went to prison in 2016 after admitting to sexually abusing young boys. the judge called him a serial child molester. the former speaker. how about ruben verastagi. the 29-year-old former republican staffer who was sentenced to 12.5 years for trading in
it is also where she met her future husband, patrick jackson, then, a premed stint. they are now in a federal appeals court, and known for her 2019 decision, denying the trump claim of immunity. writing, in her opinion, quote, presidents are not kings. they do not have subjects, bound by loyalty, or blood. her nomination comes as a crucial moment as trump s tilting of the court to the right is chipping away at our freedoms. which is why you have republicans like insurrection fan, josh hawley, saying garbage like, jackson has a pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook. a desperate, cherry-pick life, failing to mention how judge jackson issued sentences, that were consistent with, or above, the government recommendations and the overwhelming majority of her cases. it just proves how conservatives, really, are having a hard time, finding an effective way to spare her. even americas largest policing organization endorsed judge jackson, which republicans are
that strikes me is critically odd. i think we have an independent judiciary that believes in separate powers and would uphold the law of the land based on our constitution. not go by, you know, whatever the hidden agenda is. have you figured out her hidden agenda? i think her agenda is based on our believes and her bullies are pretty clear. she thinks the criminal justice system is too hard on criminals and those who commit child sex offenses, child porn offenders, she thinks the system is too hard on them for that s why 100% of the time the sentences have been less than the prosecution wanted in the guidelines. i think at the end of the day, every senator is going to have to make a decision. every senator is going to have to vote on this and put their dime down and i for one are going to vote no. sean: that s the proper vote for any republican. i m sure mitt romney will vote yes and apparently even
the prosecutor in this case, in d.c., you re on the federal district court. the prosecutor in this case, a liberal administration. i think it is fair to say, in the state of texas. the prosecutor in this case nevertheless still asked for two full years in prison. you gave the defendant three months. the guidelines called for ten years. the prosecutor wanted at least two. you gave him three months. when did you, you made a number of arguments and statements on the record and i would love to go through some of them. i ve read them all. the first argument you made was that the federal guidelines which punish child porn offenders were, and i m quoting you now, in many ways, outdated. that s your quote. and you went on to say about why you thought they were outdated. up and i quote. i don t feel it is appropriate to increase the penalty on the basis of the number of images or pre pub he issent victims, meaning little kids, as the