{"id":1394610,"date":"2022-03-22T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394610"},"modified":"2022-03-22T16:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:44:56","slug":"cory-booker-mocked-for-derogatory-gaffe-while-fawning-over-ketanji-brown-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cory-booker-mocked-for-derogatory-gaffe-while-fawning-over-ketanji-brown-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Cory Booker Mocked for \u2018Derogatory\u2019 Gaffe While Fawning Over Ketanji Brown Jackson"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcory-booker-mocked-for-derogatory-gaffe-while-fawning-over-ketanji-brown-jackson%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=1394610&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) received backlash online for seemingly stating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s nomination showed that an \u201cextraordinarily talented\u201d individual \u201cwho also happens to be a black woman\u201d was something \u201cwe\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an emotional opening statement at the confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, on Monday, New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker expressed his excitement for the occasion, yet was called out for saying something that appeared highly offensive to many.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI cannot tell you how happy I am,\u201d he said. \u201cToday, we should rejoice because President Biden nominated someone that we\u2019ve heard to be the 116th associate judge of the supreme court who is extraordinarily talented and who also happens to be a black woman \u2014 something we\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><span>Booker was scorched online following his remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIs this a slap at Kamala?\u201d asked conservative commentator David Horowitz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is this a slap at Kamala? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ML00opJqud\">https:\/\/t.co\/ML00opJqud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Horowitz (@horowitz39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/horowitz39\/status\/1506057670050004997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cCory, there are many more extraordinary talented black women than you know or believe that exist,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flippersrevenge\/status\/1505981933548843009\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user. \u201cSad he thinks so little of women, esp black women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWait, is Booker claiming that there has never been an extraordinarily talented black woman before?\u201d another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddakavincent\/status\/1506011157944971266\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey call everyone else a racist because they\u2019re the actual racists,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Defeat_Joe\/status\/1506046024644796420?s=20&#038;t=AB3HFBMbl8Ml0FwlxaPJ4Q\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cWow, so Cory Booker has never seen an extraordinarily talented black woman before,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lagartija_Nix\/status\/1506008525721329669?s=20&#038;t=AB3HFBMbl8Ml0FwlxaPJ4Q\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another. \u201cLadies, I think Booker needs to be removed from the Senate immediately.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cStupidity seems to be more communicable than Covid among Democrats,\u201d the user added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cCorey\u2019s never seen an extraordinary talented black woman? What a racist\u201d another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NamelessMan32\/status\/1506005528962482177\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell that\u2019s pretty derogatory,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rebecca43524715\/status\/1506033775108628480?s=20&#038;t=8RNDtMPEpVbKceFVmhAiZg\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat sounded racist AND sexist to me,\u201d another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UT_Eagle_Forum\/status\/1506073180854661120?s=20&#038;t=AB3HFBMbl8Ml0FwlxaPJ4Q\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cShould have had a staffer review the last part,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateHolly10\/status\/1505982052977430530?s=20&#038;t=8RNDtMPEpVbKceFVmhAiZg\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHmm, he may want to reword that,\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lhorsch\/status\/1505979823402983431?s=20&#038;t=8RNDtMPEpVbKceFVmhAiZg\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cReminds me of Biden saying, Barack Obama was \u2018the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean,\u2019\u201d one Twitter user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSMCali\/status\/1506014735489114114\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Others took aim at Booker\u2019s charge that the nomination of a female minority was a happy coincidence after President Joe Biden said in 2020 that he intended to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHappens to be? Biden literally said that color and gender were most important when choosing this nominee,\u201d wrote one Twitter user. \u201cSo please spare us with this, happens to be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoryBooker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoryBooker<\/a> says, \u201c\u2026who also happens to be a black woman\u2026\u201d Happens to be? Biden literally said that color and gender were most important when choosing this nominee. So please spare us with this, happens to be. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spartacusreturns?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#spartacusreturns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iamspartacus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iamspartacus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJXIBlBOC4\">https:\/\/t.co\/gJXIBlBOC4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan (@BottleTherapy73) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BottleTherapy73\/status\/1505984066897670145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cNo, being a black woman was the prerequisite,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanNTurner\/status\/1506022175966633985?s=20&#038;t=AB3HFBMbl8Ml0FwlxaPJ4Q\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShe doesn\u2019t \u2018happen to be\u2019 a black woman. Only black women were considered for the role,\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepubRepartee\/status\/1505984890117971969\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s like saying \u2018the Employee of the Month happens to be a member of this company,\u2019\u201d the user added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>RNC spokesperson Paris Dennard called out Booker\u2019s enthusiasm, claiming it would not have been the case in the event of a conservative nominee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI doubt Sen. Booker would have been so joyful and excited if there was a Black female Conservative lawyer or judge sitting in front of him to be on the #SCOTUS,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDemorcats praise diversity when the person is Liberal and literally tear them down if the candidate is Conservative,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I doubt Sen. Booker would have been so joyful and excited if there was a Black female Conservative lawyer or judge sitting in front of him to be on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCOTUS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCOTUS<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Demorcats praise diversity when the person is Liberal and literally tear them down if the candidate is Conservative.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PARIS (@PARISDENNARD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PARISDENNARD\/status\/1505976451568488456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On Monday, Booker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/21\/booker-on-ketanji-brown-jackson-shes-like-jackie-robinson\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> that Jackson resembled famed Major League Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson who was celebrated as having broken the \u201ccolor barrier\u201d in sports in the 1940s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s about time we reach deep into the well of quality and genius and talent and create credentials for black women and show she\u2019s like Jackie Robinson, probably overqualified to be in the National Baseball League but he came forward and showed us what the full talent and array of American potential is,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) received backlash online for seemingly stating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s nomination showed that an \u201cextraordinarily talented\u201d individual \u201cwho also happens to be a black woman\u201d was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1394610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}