{"id":1424597,"date":"2022-04-07T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424597"},"modified":"2022-04-07T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:30:21","slug":"mitt-romney-claps-with-democrats-for-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-claps-with-democrats-for-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney Claps with Democrats for Ketanji Brown Jackson&#039;s Confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fmitt-romney-claps-with-democrats-for-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation%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=1424597&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\">Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) clapped with Democrats in reaction to the Senate confirming Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nation\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n<p>Romney, along with Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), was one of the three Senate Republicans that voted with Democrats to confirm Jackson to the Supreme Court.<\/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>After the Senate announced the 53-47 vote count by which Jackson was confirmed, Democrats and Romney applauded her confirmation vigorously.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Romney\u2019s applause for Jackson stands in stark contrast, considering that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/05\/mitt-romney-silent-on-flip-flopping-in-favor-of-ketanji-brown-jackson\/\">voted <\/a>against confirming her as a federal circuit judge last year. Romney had voted with Republicans to oppose her confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Romney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romney.senate.gov\/romney-announces-support-for-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson\/\">said <\/a>in his statement announcing his support for Jackson:<\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3411e9e elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\">\n<\/section>\n<p>Romney further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/22\/mitt-romney-ketanji-jackson-child-porn-attacks-wont-impact-vote\/\">attacked <\/a>Republicans for raising concerns about Jackson\u2019s record of child pornography sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt struck me that it was off course, meaning the attacks were off course that came from some. And there is no there, there,\u201d Utah\u2019s junior senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/22\/mitt-romney-ketanji-jackson-child-porn-attacks-wont-impact-vote\/\">said<\/a>. He further told the establishment outlet the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em> that Hawley and Cruz\u2019s concerns about light child pornography sentencing will not impact his vote to confirm her.<\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>congressional correspondent Paul Kane said, \u201cRomney tells me that child-porn angle via Hawley\/Cruz is wrong, won\u2019t impact how he votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) clapped with Democrats in reaction to the Senate confirming Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nation\u2019s highest court. Romney, along with Sens. 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