{"id":1426061,"date":"2022-04-08T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T20:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426061"},"modified":"2022-04-08T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T20:30:01","slug":"joe-biden-gushes-over-mitt-romney-flip-flop-to-support-ketanji-brown-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-gushes-over-mitt-romney-flip-flop-to-support-ketanji-brown-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Gushes Over Mitt Romney Flip-Flop to Support Ketanji Brown Jackson"},"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\">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%2Fjoe-biden-gushes-over-mitt-romney-flip-flop-to-support-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=1426061&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\">President Joe Biden praised Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and other Senate Republicans on Friday for supporting his nominee to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spoke on the South Lawn of the White House during a ceremony celebrating Jackson\u2019s confirmation.<\/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>\u201cI hope I don\u2019t get \u2019em in trouble,\u201d Biden said, praising Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) as women of \u201cintegrity\u201d for supporting Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>The president singled out Romney for additional praise, comparing the United States senator from Utah to his father Gov. George Romney of Michigan, who marched to <a href=\"https:\/\/gandernewsroom.com\/2020\/06\/09\/george-romney-civil-rights-1968\/\">support<\/a> the American civil rights movement in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Mitt Romney, whose Dad stood up like he did, his dad stood up and made these decisions on civil rights,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey deserve enormous credit for setting aside partisanship and making a carefully considered judgment based on the judge\u2019s character, judgement and independence,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Romney voted to confirm Jackson to the Supreme Court, despite voting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1171\/vote_117_1_00231.htm\">against<\/a>\u00a0her nomination in 2021 to\u00a0become a circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. Romney has not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/05\/mitt-romney-silent-on-flip-flopping-in-favor-of-ketanji-brown-jackson\/\">explained<\/a> why he flip-flopped on his decision.<\/p>\n<p>Biden praised the three Republicans for siding against their party to support his nominee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly admire the respect, diligence, and hard work they demonstrated during the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden complained that other Senate Republicans subjected Jackson to \u201cverbal abuse\u201d and \u201cthe most vile, baseless assertions and accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president boasted that as the Senate judicial chair he had overseen more Supreme Court nominations than any other person alive today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that respect for the process is important,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden praised Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and other Senate Republicans on Friday for supporting his nominee to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. 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