During the second day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s hearing before the Senate committee regarding her nomination for Supreme Court justice, she was asked to relay her perspective on racism in America.
And according to MSNBC hosts Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell, Barrett’s response was “accessible and touching.”
“It wasn’t a judge who responded, it was an American citizen, a mom, you know … and I kinda wish more senators would ask more questions like that so you find out the fuller picture of who these folks are,” Todd said.
Mitchell added: “And that made her so relatable; this is a white mom with black children explaining the talk that black parents have had to communicate to their kids for generations, for centuries — if you will — and this is an interracial family, a multiracial family — it’s something more and more present in America.”
Such a response from the establishment media is a complete reversal to their slew of attacks on Barrett and her family since her nomination by President Donald Trump — attacking her faith, her affiliation with the late Justice Antonin Scalia and her views on abortion.
So what did Barrett say?
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois asked Barrett if she had seen the footage of George Floyd’s arrest.
“I have,” Barrett responded.
“What impact did it have on you?” Durbin asked.
“Senator, as you might imagine given that I have two black children, that was very, very personal for my family,” Barrett said. “Jesse was with the boys on a camping trip out in South Dakota, so I was there and my 17-year-old daughter Vivian, who was adopted from Haiti, all of this was erupting, it was very difficult for her.
“We wept together in my room. And then it was also difficult for my daughter Julia who’s 10, I had to try to explain some of this to them.
“I mean, my children to this point in their lives have had the benefit of growing up in a cocoon where they have not yet experienced hatred or violence, and for Vivian to understand there would be a risk to her brother or the son she might have one day, of that kind of brutality, has been an ongoing conversation. It’s a difficult one for us like it is for Americans all over the country.”
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7 comments:
Nice to see her being practical in this situation and seeing how it may affect her children differently because of their skin color.
This woman will not be intimidated, especially by the stupid rhetoric of those with TDS, and neither should anyone else.
She has done a great job answering questions. It is upsetting to see such hatred in some of the questions. Many things brought up that have nothing to do with her. We need more God and more American brought back. The hatred that is being spewed is making America a terrible place. Never have I witnessed Such hate. People have the right to believe how they wish. And we should all be able to get along. We are not headed in the right direction, we are going backwards very quickly. Kinda ironic the same people demanding so much they already have, are the same people causing discord.
Democrats are marxist pigs their loser hero karl was a racist..their just to stupid and ignorant to see it!! following that evil pipe piper to their ultimate deaths once the commies are done with them.
So the fake news does a right and I’m suppose to be warm and fuzzy towards them. They can go back to their nasty actions. The next Justice doesn’t need their approval. She has more smarts and class in her little finger than they have, both put together. I started to say forgot more than they will ever know, but doubtful she has forgotten anything. It’s all on the small pad in front of her.
NBC will now be holding Trumps Town hall next week while Biden is on another network.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
I hope she told her kids to follow Police directions when dealing with Law Enforcement?? If he had. He'd still be alive today. DON'T BE STUPID.
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