« In the face of it all, Judge Jackson showed the incredible character and integrity she possesses, » Biden said of his nominee.
President Joe Biden took aim at Senate Republicans for the « verbal abuse » he said Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson suffered during her confirmation hearings last month, accusing them of subjecting his Supreme Court nominee to the « most vile, baseless assertions and accusations. » Biden criticized the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Republican members in his Friday speech celebrating the historic confirmation of Jackson, who will take her place as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court upon Justice Stephen Breyer ‘s retirement. Speaking from the White House South Lawn, the president said he knew Jackson would be up against a « painful and difficult confirmation process, » but that even he did not expect the line of questioning she would face during the Senate hearings. « What Judge Jackson was put through was well beyond that, » Biden said. « There was verbal abuse—the anger, the constant interruptions, the most vile, baseless assertions and accusations.
