As part of a deal he made with congressman and House majority whip Jim Clyburn when he was on the ropes in the primaries, President Biden promised to nominate to this significant position a black woman, and three candidates' names - a weak bench if the suppositions are correct - have been bandied about in the press.
The Daily Mail reports how Clyburn strongarmed Biden, who was doing poorly in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries and was desperate for a win in South Carolina.
Clyburn said he'd endorse him only if Biden would publicly pledge to place a black woman on the court if there were an opening during his term as president.
Biden's limitation of whom he would consider is a "Set aside which excludes people from even being considered for a position because they are non-black and male. This is the most blatant form of race/gender discrimination. Even those awful Supreme Court decisions that uphold race-discrimination in college admissions denounce the practice of openly setting aside slots for members of particular racial groups." It's time for the Republicans to stop ducking every time the Left pawns off a person or program and claims any opposition is racist.
Well, I've already told you - Clyburn made him do it, and Biden desperately needed his support in a critical primary.
Snip] Mr. Biden and his allies can't say he's choosing a nominee explicitly on the basis of race and then try to intimidate critics by claiming any criticism of the nominee is racist - or "Racially tinged." The Court and the public deserve a robust debate about the nominee, whether black, white, Asian, man, woman, whatever.
Biden's defenders have such an absurdly weak case, they humiliate themselves in the effort.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/01/the_democrats_make_their_own_racism_explicit.html
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