Psaki Struggles To Defend Biden's Pandering Racism
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki popped a vein trying to defend Biden pandering to win back black voters. Biden committed to selecting the next Supreme Court Justice by race and gender and not by their values or credentials.
The reporter asked: "why a black woman that’s — to commit to that is reverse racism or some kind of signaling — virtue signaling or something like that. What do you say to people who are saying that that is, you know, an inappropriate way to set out prerequisites for who he’s going to [choose]?"
Psaki was visibly irritable but unusually prepared for the question, "I’ve heard that some conservatives may be fans of President Reagan, and when he — former President Reagan — and when he nominated Sandra Day O’Connor, he said, quote, “Judge O’Connor’s confirmation symbolizes the richness of opportunity that still abides in America — opportunity that permits persons of any sex, age, or [any] race, from every section and every walk of life to aspire and achieve in a manner never before even dreamed about in human history.”
Psaki went on to try and normalize Biden's call to select a SCOTUS by race by basically saying 'this is what he does': "if you look at the president’s own record, not only has he nominated the most — the highest number of black women to serve on the circuit court and the appellate court, but he has also nominated, across the board, the highest level of Ivy League nominees, right? He has — he has qual- — he has nominated a broad sway of extremely qualified, experienced, and credential nominees — credentialed nominees, and done that by also making them incredibly diverse."
In the past, SCOTUS seats have been based on their qualifications but Biden's lost black voters and I think this is just his last-ditch effort to win it back. Of course, proving that he has no idea what he's doing. It seems like the senile president thinks that putting a black woman on the Supreme Court will just wash away all of his atrocities.
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REPORTER: Just to put a little bit [of a] finer point on what you just got to at the end of that — you know, there have already been conservative commentators talking a bit about why a black woman that’s — to commit to that is reverse racism or some kind of signaling — virtue signaling or something like that. What do you say to people who are saying that that is, you know, an inappropriate way to set out prerequisites for who he’s going to [choose]?
PSAKI: Well, first, we’d say that the fact that no black woman has been nominated shows a deficiency of the past selection processes, not a lack of qualified candidates to be nominated to the Supreme Court.
I’d also note — I’ve heard that some conservatives may be fans of President Reagan, and when he — former President Reagan — and when he nominated Sandra Day O’Connor, he said, quote, “Judge O’Connor’s confirmation symbolizes the richness of opportunity that still abides in America — opportunity that permits persons of any sex, age, or [any] race, from every section and every walk of life to aspire and achieve in a manner never before even dreamed about in human history.”
I’d also note, if you look at the president’s own record, not only has he nominated the most — the highest number of black women to serve on the circuit court and the appellate court, but he has also nominated, across the board, the highest level of Ivy League nominees, right? He has — he has qual- — he has nominated a broad sway of extremely qualified, experienced, and credential nominees — credentialed nominees, and done that by also making them incredibly diverse.
And so the president’s view is that it is long past time to have a black woman on the Supreme Court, and that it, again, reflects challenges or deficiencies in the past processes.