Republican Senate candidate Christina Nolan of Vermont calls for the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's Supreme Court nominee
Nolan, a former U.S. attorney in Vermont, on Monday called for Brown’s confirmation.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2022. Nolan chided both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, saying"politics should play no role in the confirmation process, a lesson that Washington politicians on both sides have sadly strayed from in recent years."Several Republican Senate candidates in recent days have issued statements criticizing Jackson. But Nolan highlighted that"diversity is crucially important in all facets of public life.
"A hard right Republican can never win an election in Vermont," longtime GOP consultant Tom Rath told Fox News."On this issue, Nolan’s found some room to move toward the middle.
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