Most senators will get their second bite at the apple Wednesday — and Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) will get their first — as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee again for further questioning.
Day one of questioning was often hostile, as committee grandstanders Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) repeated the same attacks about Jackson being supposedly soft on sex offenders despite multiple fact checks showing that she’s within the mainstream in her sentencing.
Democrats touted her record, asked her position on their key issues and, in Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), offered up a fiery rebuttal to the Republican smears.
Schedule
- The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. ET.
- After Tillis and Ossoff get their 30 minute rounds, each senator gets another chance to question Jackson for 20 minutes.
- The committee will also meet in closed session to discuss Jackson's FBI background check.
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Most senators will get their second bite at the apple Wednesday — and Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) will get their first — as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee again for further questioning.
Day one of questioning was often hostile, as committee grandstanders Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) repeated the same attacks about Jackson being supposedly soft on sex offenders despite multiple fact checks showing that she’s within the mainstream in her sentencing.
Democrats touted her record, asked her position on their key issues and, in Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), offered up a fiery rebuttal to the Republican smears.
Senator Graham, on a scale of 1 to 10, how faithful are you to your religion?
I can’t watch it. I abhor repubs and they are showing me why.
Lindsey Graham morphs into a drama queen…again.
I watched a small amount at the end of the day with Cotton going on and on about the criminals and how the judges are letting them off. Sickening.
Then, there was Cory Booker, a total breathe of fresh air, not grinding axes, trying to bring out the humanity.
Isn’t an integral part of the legal system a vigorous defense of the accused? Why does the GQP look on that as a defect?