… Populism is an emotional movement.
If you want to grab a person’s attention, grab them in their feelings.
This week has been historic.
Say her name with her new title: Assoc. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed.
Today on the White House lawn, Judge Brown said, “In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.”
When the confirmation was complete—Senators Murkowski, Collins, and Romney were the only Republicans who voted for her. When applause broke out inside the Senate chamber, Mitt Romney was the lone Republican to join the Democrats in a standing ovation.
The response on Twitter from the base who run the Republican Party was swift:
“Murkowski, Collins, and Romney are pro-pedophile. They just voted for #KBJ.” – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
“Pro-pedophile?” Really? Let’s define Republican “pro-pedophile” hysteria further.
A Missouri Republican sponsored a bill to outlaw marriages to a child under 14. Forty-eight (48) Republicans in Missouri voted against it.
This week in “pro-pedophile” Republicanism continued with the following news:
“A former GOP staffer and Republican National Committee aide who admitted to being part of a ring that traded child pornography involving babies was sentenced Thursday to more than 12-and-a-half years in prison Thursday.”
Involving babies. An affidavit reveals this Republican sought out images of the rape of CHILDREN, and worse…
“Pro-pedophile” is one of Qanon’s favorite conspiracy theories, with Rep. Greene joining Senator Josh Hawley down this rabbit hole.
It was Hawley who unleashed the most unhinged set of questions asked of a SCOTUS candidate in modern times.
Hawley accused Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of being soft on sentencing sex offenders. The contorted way he did it is on tape for all to see. What hasn’t been dissected is the circumstances of the case Hawley was citing. … (Trigger Warning)
… This podcast is about truth.
It’s about being human AND sexual beings with a soul while making sense of predicaments being in a body bring. And one of the most intrinsic aspects of being in these bodies is our sexual persona.
In the case cited by Hawley during the Senate hazing of Judge Jackson, sexual identity of the teen perpetrator was complicated by his mother’s strict religious beliefs.
Coming to a town near you in Florida.
Tom Cotton said Judge Jackson would have defended the Nazis on trial for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg!
Senator Marsha Blackburn from the child bride state of Tennessee… You heard right. GOP legislators are pushing to eliminate the age requirement for marriage, to give Tennesseans “an alternative form of marriage.”
Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader for years, has sent a strong message by refusing to condemn Eric Greitens, Missouri’s former governor forced to resign, over abuse charges leveled by his wife in court documents. He’s attempting to make a comeback in a Senate race. From CNN:
“‘In early June 2018, I became afraid for my safety and that of our children at our home, which was fairly isolated, due to Eric’s unstable and coercive behavior,’ she said, according to court records from the ongoing custody battle. ‘This behavior included physical violence toward our children, such as cuffing our then three-year-old son across the face at the dinner table in front of me and yanking him around by his hair.’
… Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson offered a target rich environment.
Republican senators LIED about her record, then they hazed her… ... ...
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