Republican criticism that Supreme Courtroom nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is delicate on crime is "embarrassing," West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin stated Tuesday.
Manchin, who made the feedback to reporters, stated that he's "not going to be a part of that" and that he thinks Jackson is "extraordinarily effectively certified" for the SCOTUS seat.
The "delicate on crime" scrutiny is among the primary criticisms Republicans cited for Jackson as they weighed whether or not to vote for her appointment to the Supreme Courtroom bench. Final week, she confronted days of robust questioning, and repeated interruptions, from GOP lawmakers earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Senator Ted Cruz requested her through the hearings if he might be an Asian man, and at one level, she was requested how she would outline what a lady is.
Manchin, a West Virginia lawmaker, introduced Friday that he would be voting for Jackson's affirmation to the nation's highest court docket after assembly along with her, contemplating her previous document and watching her Senate Judiciary Committee testimony.
"Decide Jackson's document and profession are exemplary," he stated in a assertion.
"Her big selection of experiences in various sectors of our judicial system have supplied Decide Jackson a singular perspective that may serve her effectively on our nation's highest court docket," Manchin added.
On Tuesday, the Democrat took his reward for Jackson a step additional by defending her and calling out those that had been much less welcoming to the excessive court docket nominee. He instructed reporters that the way in which Republican senators handled her through the hearings was "disgraceful."
"It isn't who we're. It isn't what we had been despatched right here to do, to assault different folks and simply attempt to tear them down," he stated. "I will not be a part of that. I feel she's extraordinarily effectively certified and I feel she'll be an exemplary decide."
A number of Republican senators have already introduced that they do not intend to vote for Jackson's affirmation.
This contains Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell. The Republican lawmaker from Kentucky stated that he entered the affirmation course of for Jackson with an open thoughts, however he in the end determined that he "can't and won't" help her appointment to the bench after her document and watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings.
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, one other Republican, stated in an announcement that Jackson has an "extraordinary American story," however "we disagree on judicial philosophy and I'm sadly unable to vote for this affirmation."
Manchin's workplace declined to supply further feedback to Newsweek.
Replace 03/29/22 at 1:45 p.m. ET: This story was up to date to indicate that Manchin's workplace didn't supply additional feedback.
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