Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has accused the Democrats of using race as a wedge issue in the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation process — that is, the Dems have been “giving cover to groups and individuals to nurture racial grievances for political advantage.”
Cornyn was responding to statements from Harry Reid and other Democrats, that the GOP’s opposition to Sotomayor will hurt them among Latino voters.
“I don’t think it influences people’s votes, but what it does encourage is a very poisonous — indeed a very toxic — tone of destructive politics,” said Cornyn. “They ought to be ashamed of themselves.”
Of course, this accusation can certainly cut both ways. Remember how the right wing celebrated the New Haven firefighters case?
