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Tucker Carlson Argues Black SCOTUS Noms Should Think Like Rappers, And I Cant Make This Headline Sound Less Awful
Fox News host Tucker Carlson wants to know: If Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson really represents Black women, then why doesnt she think like a street rapper?
After the Senate finished its first day of questioning in Jacksons confirmation hearings on Tuesday, Carlson complained on his show that the nominees views really seem like those of every affluent white liberal Ive ever met.
If you want a Black candidate Im serious, I think the country would get better representation from
, the Fox News host trailed off before saying, Shes just a carbon copy of everyone in the neighborhood I spent my life in, referring to La Jolla in San Diego.
Then Carlson threw in an extra helping of racism when his guest, right-wing commentator Clay Travis, claimed that Democrats were angling for cosmetic diversity with Jacksons nomination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tucker-carlson-argues-black-scotus-noms-should-think-like-rappers-and-i-can-t-make-this-headline-sound-less-awful/ar-AAVpBIH?ocid=msedgntp
Backpfeifengesicht... The day the video gets posted on the internet, I will laugh and laugh... Then donate to the defense.
Srkdqltr
(9,938 posts)czarjak
(13,678 posts)maxsolomon
(39,124 posts)gonna propagandize.
Grievance porn for shut ins.
Wednesdays
(23,125 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,045 posts)yardwork
(69,643 posts)That's been clear for a very long time. Oh, and he hates women, too.
exboyfil
(18,372 posts)the middle and southern US GOP base. Of course he would be horrified attending a BBQ with the unwashed country music crowd.
eppur_se_muova
(42,509 posts)Oh ... wait .... no ....
qwlauren35
(6,309 posts)No one in my family thinks like a street rapper. I can't imagine being able to relate to anyone who did. Spoken Word artists, yes. Street rappers, no. He probably doesn't know the difference.
Solly Mack
(97,266 posts)Or, she's not the kind of black person who would be considered authentically black based on his own racism toward black people.
LuvLoogie
(8,909 posts)He dismisses their experiences of struggle and success as women of color, conflating it with a dismissal of their approach to public service as liberal tripe.
He is a heinous bigot and the MSM needs to shiv that muther fucker.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)
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