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As Russia carries out an unprovoked invasion into Ukraine, Joe Biden says he hopes his legacy will be that “I restored the soul of this country.”
His comment came during an appearance on the “No Lie” podcast with host Brian Tyler Cohen after choosing to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
“I hope my legacy is that I was able to restore some decency and honor to the office,” Biden said.
Despite record-level inflation impacting Americans, Biden claimed, “I was able to bring the middle class back to a place where they had real opportunity, given an even chance to succeed.”
“I was able to reconstruct our alliances, which had been frayed so badly, internationally, and that I was able to bring people together,” Biden went on.
Biden’s approval rating keeps getting worse. https://t.co/q7E6cRHVk6
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) February 25, 2022
During the 2020 campaign trail, Joe Biden promised to pick the first Black woman for the nation’s highest court.
In an act of racial discrimination, Biden kept his promise and is nominating Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. “Democrats today believe in racial discrimination,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz responded to the nomination.
The majority of Americans do not agree that a person’s race should play an important role when choosing a nominee for the Supreme Court, according to a survey conducted by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs.
Biden explained why he chose Jackson by saying, “Well, several reasons. Number one, I committed, two years ago, that if I got elected president, I would name, if I had an opportunity, I would name the first African-American woman to the Supreme Court because I think the court should look like the country.”
“I think it should reflect the country,” he said. “And so and by the way, our administration is the most diverse administration in American history. We actually, it was pointed out to me, if you look around, you can see, but there’s more women in my administration than there are men.”
“The point is that I want to bring the country together,” the president added. “That’s number one, number two, she’s brilliant.”
President Biden’s announcement just days after an unprovoked full scale invasion by Russia is extremely inappropriate. Once again, Biden is putting the demands of the radical progressive left ahead of what is best for our nation.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) February 25, 2022
Former President Barack Obama also did not choose the first black woman. The majority of Americans believe nominees should to be selected based on merit and the content of their character as opposed to race.
Only 29 percent of Americans polled said it was very or extremely important to them personally that a Black woman serves on the Supreme Court, according to the poll by AP.
“What the president said is that only African American women are eligible for this slot, that 94% of Americans are ineligible,” Senator Cruz said.
Cruz sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee and will play a role in the confirmation process.
“The way Biden ought to do it is to say ‘I’m going to look for the best justice,’ interview a lot of people, and if he happens to nominate a justice who was an African American woman, then great,” Cruz explained.
51-year-old Brown Jackson is currently a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Fortunately, the Supreme Court is still dominated 6-3 by conservatives after President Donald Trump named three nominees.
