Why the right sees Biden's promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court as an attack

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Amanda Marcotte
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Biden hasn’t even nominated a replacement for Breyer, and Republicans are in a total meltdown. Their claim is a white man can’t catch a break in America.

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Why the right sees Biden's promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court as an attack
Right-wing media doesn't need a name to know their narrative: Any Black female nominee is inherently unsuitable
11:47 AM · Jan 27, 2022

https://www.salon.com/2022/01/27/why-the-right-sees-bidens-promise-of-a-black-woman-on-the-as-an/

Justice Stephen Breyer's upcoming retirement from the Supreme Court was reported late Wednesday morning, and by Wednesday night, Fox News and other right-wing outlets already had their narrative: President Joe Biden's new nominee is proof that a white man can't catch a break in the U.S. of A.

Mind you, there is no nominee yet, though potential shortlists have been floated. On the campaign trail, Biden promised to nominate a Black woman for the court, a promise he reiterated from the White House on Thursday. "I've made no decision except one, the person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character and experience and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court."

Of the 115 justices that have sat on the Supreme Court, 0 have been Black women, but 107 of them have been white men. Nonetheless, GOP media swiftly circled around the claim that this nominee — whoever they may be — is proof that white men are the real victims of discrimination. One of those white men confirmed to the court — Justice Brett Kavanaugh — now is one of the most powerful people in the country. Still, he was held out as even further proof that white men are the most victimized of all victims.

"Biden didn't mention the Supreme Court nominee's legal qualifications or judicial philosophy or ability to perform one of the most important jobs in the country. He didn't even tell us she was a nice person. All he said was she's going to be Black and she's going to be female, because to him, that's all that matters," Fox News host Tucker Carlson screeched in one of his typical fascistic rants Wednesday night. He sneeringly suggested George Floyd's sister, Bridget Floyd, is the "obvious choice," because even though she "is not a judge or a lawyer or whatever," Biden supposedly doesn't care about "this law stuff."

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[Lovie777]

1. Oh please, ENOUGH .....

[Cha]

2. Those particular "white men" are

pathetic, paranoid, Fascist, Sociopaths.

Of course they do.

[samsingh]

3. the right-wing sees every move we make as an attack

the right-wing are rabid, dangerous traitors who hate America and want to see Democracy destroyed. Of course, they see a black woman on the Supreme Court as an attack. They would see anyone who actually cares about the law, America and People as an attack on them

[grumpyduck]

6. You beat me to it.

It's the new normal, folks.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Biden promised a Black female justice. Reagan made a similar pledge.

There is nothing wrong with Biden's pledge

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It was an early indicator of the party’s shift to the right. Democrats saw women’s rights as an important issue they could use to bring moderate Republicans over to their side. They attacked Reagan’s record, noting his opposition to the ERA and abortion rights, and that Reagan had not appointed any women to his Cabinet while he was governor.

At a meeting with Republican women who supported the Equal Rights Amendment, Rep. Margaret Heckler (R-Mass.) suggested he consider a woman for the Supreme Court, saying, “This single step could demonstrate his avowed commitment to the equal rights of women.” She told The Washington Post’s Bill Peterson that Reagan appeared “receptive.”

A few months later, at a news conference in Los Angeles, he made it official, saying: “I am announcing today that one of the first Supreme Court vacancies in my administration will be filled by the most qualified woman I can possibly find. … It is time for a woman to sit among the highest jurists.”

The promise became a central part of his last three weeks on the campaign trail.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Wait for it

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