{"id":1393181,"date":"2022-03-22T07:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393181"},"modified":"2022-03-22T07:30:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:30:39","slug":"mazie-hirono-faces-backlash-for-claiming-gop-implied-biden-scotus-pick-nominated-due-to-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mazie-hirono-faces-backlash-for-claiming-gop-implied-biden-scotus-pick-nominated-due-to-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazie Hirono Faces Backlash For Claiming GOP Implied Biden SCOTUS Pick Nominated Due To Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmazie-hirono-faces-backlash-for-claiming-gop-implied-biden-scotus-pick-nominated-due-to-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/MH-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<p>Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) faced backlash online on Monday afternoon over remarks that she made during the confirmation hearings of President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough my Republican colleagues and public figures have attempted to undermine your qualifications, through their pejorative use of the term \u2018affirmative action\u2019 and they have implied you were solely nominated due to your race and not for other factors,\u201d Hirono claimed. \u201cApparently, some have even claimed that you need to show your LSAT scores to determine whether you are a top legal mind. This is incredibly offensive and condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear, your nomination is about, not about filling a quota. It is about time,\u201d she claimed. \u201cIt\u2019s about time that we have a highly qualified, highly accomplished black woman on the Supreme Court. It\u2019s about time, our highest court better reflects the country it serves. It\u2019s about time that black women and girls across the country can finally see themselves who look like them sitting on the highest court making decisions that will impact their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They have implied you were solely nominated due to your race\u2026Your nomination is not about filling a quota\u2026 It is about time that we have a highly qualified, highly accomplished Black woman serving on the Supreme Court,&#8221; Sen. Hirono says of Judge Jackson in opening remarks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CsFDDheXY\">pic.twitter.com\/5CsFDDheXY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1505964838576603136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notable responses included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stephen L. Miller<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cNobody is implying she was nominated simply because of her race. Joe Biden actually said it.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dana Loesch<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cBiden actually said it on the campaign trail. I guess Judge Janice Rogers Brown didn\u2019t count when Democrats threatened to filibuster her nomination.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nate Madden<\/strong>, GOP comms: \u201c\u2026 that conclusion implies this actually IS about filling a quota \u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helen Raleigh<\/strong>, author: \u201cIt was the President Biden who said he would pick someone based on race &#038; gender. And many of us have repeatedly warned that affirmative action brings stigma and taints the achievements of minorities it intended to help.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles Fain Lehman<\/strong>, reporter: \u201cOne of the weird features of contemporary race discourse is that quotas are both absolutely necessary and also totally unthinkable.\u201d He added, \u00a0\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s stated view is that Stephen Breyer\u2019s seat ought to go to a black woman. That\u2019s a quota (of one black woman on SCOTUS)! You can, of course, be *pro quota*. But it\u2019s weird to favor racial apportionment and *also* say that it\u2019s demeaning to apportion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Murphy<\/strong>, radio host: \u201cRegardless of ANYTHING else, according to Joe Biden, if she were not black and female, she would not be there. Those are his parameters. This was his quota. Not mine.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tamlyn Sheng<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cIt\u2019s \u2018not about filling a quota,\u2019 but your race is really important, but it had nothing to do with your nomination, but President Biden said he would only appoint a black woman. So it is about race?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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