{"id":1433178,"date":"2022-04-12T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433178"},"modified":"2022-04-12T13:03:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:03:16","slug":"blame-biden-washington-post-ridiculed-for-claiming-ketanji-jackson-not-an-affirmative-action-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blame-biden-washington-post-ridiculed-for-claiming-ketanji-jackson-not-an-affirmative-action-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blame Biden\u2019 \u2014 Washington Post Ridiculed for Claiming Ketanji Jackson Not an \u2018Affirmative Action Hire\u2019"},"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\">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%2Fblame-biden-washington-post-ridiculed-for-claiming-ketanji-jackson-not-an-affirmative-action-hire%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=1433178&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--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Following a <\/span><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span> piece arguing President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, who celebrated her confirmation on Friday, was not an \u201caffirmative action hire,\u201d many expressed ridicule, highlighting the president\u2019s repeated campaign pledge to specifically put a black woman on the Supreme Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/04\/10\/ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmation-supreme-court-expected-but-satisfying\/\"><span>essay<\/span><\/a><span> published in the <\/span><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span> on Sunday, titled \u201cSometimes, America manages to get it right,\u201d <\/span><i><span>Post<\/span><\/i><span> columnist Jennifer Rubin claimed Jackson\u2019s recent confirmation to the Supreme Court produced a \u201csense of justice\u201d from \u201cseeing a magnificently qualified Black woman getting what she deserves \u2014 a seat on the highest court in the nation \u2014 after absorbing so many cruel lies and attempts to blemish her dignity.\u201d\u00a0<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s the irony and the lie behind the disingenuous claims that Jackson is an \u201caffirmative action hire.\u201d She had to be so much better than the average judge to get to the Supreme Court. And she is. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TIVw1Lgvcc\">https:\/\/t.co\/TIVw1Lgvcc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer &#8216;I stand with Ukraine&#8217; Rubin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfa (@JRubinBlogger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1513149409600671748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The U.S. Senate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/07\/conservatives-react-to-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation-to-supreme-court\/\"><span>confirmed<\/span><\/a><span> Judge Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, after Biden had explicitly stated on multiple occasions he intended to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Admitting that many \u201cdeserve appreciation\u201d for efforts to confirm Jackson, including Biden \u201cfor making a promise and sticking with it,\u201d Rubin asserts no one should \u201cdivert the spotlight an inch from Jackson, who deserves a victory lap (or a glass of wine) for not only traversing the confirmation process but also for a career of dedication, sacrifice and excellence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIn the world we occupy, a Black woman does not reach this point unless she is head and shoulders above her peers \u2014 in law school, private practice and on the bench,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThat\u2019s the irony and the lie behind the disingenuous claims that Jackson is an \u2018affirmative action hire.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShe had to be so much better than the average judge to get to the Supreme Court,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd she is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20628101\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/wi\/ap\/12\/biden-supreme-court-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-accompanied-by-president-joe-biden-waves-takes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20628101 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biden-supreme-court-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-accompanied-by-president-joe-biden-waves-takes-1024x684-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, accompanied by President Joe Biden, waves as she takes the podium to speak during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>In response, many took to Twitter to ridicule the essay, putting the blame of any association between Jackson\u2019s nomination and affirmative action strictly on Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20619146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kamala-Harris-and-KBJ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20619146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kamala-Harris-and-KBJ.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson turns back to the crowd as she walks into the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden after speaking at an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson turns back to the crowd as she walks into the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden after speaking at an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cJenn. You might have a point if Biden hadn\u2019t literally said he was picking a Black woman,\u201d<\/span><span>\u00a0one Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitiBunny\/status\/1513155841138085891\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cHe has done far more damage to Jackson than anyone on the Right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThen put the blame squarely where it belongs: with Joe Biden for making \u2018Black woman\u2019 the primary qualification, and with hacks such as yourself who didn\u2019t call him out for such blatant, insulting race pandering,\u201d<\/span><span>\u00a0another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irishspy\/status\/1513205519422394369\">wrote<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20574713\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239812061-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20574713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239812061-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Joe Biden and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch the Senate vote on her nomination to be an associate justice on the US Supreme Court, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 7, 2022.. (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cBiden literally said he would only consider a Black Woman. If that isn\u2019t the definition of affirmative action hire then I don\u2019t know what is,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GodlyPghDad\/status\/1513338156615368707\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBiden did this to her. He announced he was going to only consider 7% of the population for his SCOTUS nominee,\u201d another Twitter user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justmeLaura_T\/status\/1513165762696908800\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cHe put that label on her selection. He should\u2019ve said I\u2019m going to select the best qualified and selected her, then she isn\u2019t an affirmative action hire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cBlame Biden,\u201d the user added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSorry, dear the lie is yours. @POTUS said he would only consider black women (~6% of Americans) \u2014 those were his words \u2014 meaning discriminating against the ~94% of jurists who do not fit that description,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConnieMcLou\/status\/1513266362034139151\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is WORSE than an \u2018affirmative action\u2019 hire \u2014 it is discrimination,\u201d the user added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cYou can\u2019t erase Biden\u2019s words Jen,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trickydickpol\/status\/1513149999873466368\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJen, You might have a better argument if Biden hadn\u2019t declared his top 2 qualifiers were that the nominee had to be Black &#038; a woman,\u201d another user wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cImagine if he had said that his nominee had to be Asian &#038; a man,\u201d he added. \u201cPretty sure you\u2019d be singing a different tune.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jen, You might have a better argument if Biden hadn&#8217;t declared his top 2 qualifiers were that the nominee had to be Black &#038; a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if he had said that his nominee had to be Asian &#038; a man. Pretty sure you&#8217;d be singing a different tune.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Snoop Bailey (@realsnoopbailey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realsnoopbailey\/status\/1513157328924774406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cIn fairness, before her name was even announced, Biden made it clear he was making an affirmative action hire,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJD_Aqua\/status\/1513151144440250374\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another. \u201cNo point in complaining about it when people take him seriously.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cHow is it disingenuous?\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robert76449676\/status\/1513317996390981633\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cBiden proclaimed it even before he announced her name.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s disingenuous to repeat exactly what happened? Of course you\u2019d think this,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jsparker31\/status\/1513156774517526532\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOkay, just because Biden admitted she\u2019s an affirmative action hire, that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s an affirmative action hire,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imau2fan\/status\/1513203323045920769\"><span>mocked<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBlame Joe Biden,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wcjames63\/status\/1513150351557500932\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another. \u201cHes the one who said had to be black and had to be a woman \u2013 whatever that is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJoe Biden literally said out loud that the only criteria was black and woman, that\u2019s not an opinion, that\u2019s straight from his mouth,\u201d another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LastWordWilliam\/status\/1513162319773138948\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ironically, Rubin was also criticized for belittling affirmative action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhy do you speak of affirmative action in a derisive manner?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanCarlso17\/status\/1513263254625140736\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe said it. It meets the actual definition of affirmative action,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/junkingamethyst\/status\/1513178843527397377\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another. \u201cWhat, is affirmative action a negative now?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhy does the term \u2018affirmative action\u2019 have a negative connotation?\u201d another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BackusButch\/status\/1513159389208846343\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/22\/cory-booker-mocked-for-derogatory-gaffe-while-fawning-over-ketanji-brown-jackson\/\"><span>received<\/span><\/a><span> backlash online for charging that the nomination of a female minority was a happy coincidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rubin has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/09\/washington-post-gop-wimps-obsessed-grotesque-masculinity\/\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> the GOP of being obsessed with \u201ctoxic\u201d and \u201cgrotesque\u201d masculinity over alleged Republican attempts at being \u201ctougher than President Biden\u201d over the current conflict in Ukraine, blasting Republicans\u2019 \u201ccartoonlike conception of manliness\u201d and likening them to \u201clittle boys playing at war\u201d ignoring \u201creal-world consequences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a Washington Post piece arguing President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, who celebrated her confirmation on Friday, was not an \u201caffirmative action hire,\u201d many expressed ridicule,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433178","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\/1433178","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=1433178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433178\/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=1433178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}