Democratic senators have privately warned White House that votes aren't there to confirm Biden's Muslim judicial nominee

[Uncle Joe]

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Biden nominated Mangi in November to the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed, the New York-based litigator would become the first Muslim-American to serve on any federal appeals court. But some allies of the White House on Capitol Hill have made clear that there is not enough support – including among Democrats – to confirm Mangi in the full Senate, those sources said.

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Mangi confronted contentious questions from lawmakers at his confirmation hearing in the Judiciary Committee in December. He was grilled by some Republican lawmakers about, among other things, his views of the Israel-Hamas war, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and connection to a group that some have described as anti-Semitic.

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“As the Anti-Defamation League made clear, the debunked rightwing smear campaign against Mr. Mangi is ‘profoundly wrong,’” Bates said. “Mr. Mangi was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the White House continues to fight for his confirmation and to repudiate the vicious hate and bigotry with which he has been targeted because of his Muslim faith.”

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“Unfortunately, many of the questions that have been raised about Mr. Mangi and his background have created suspicions in people’s minds that his religion is the reason for the questioning,” Durbin said. “Treatment of this highly qualified nominee has sometimes reached an all-time low.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/14/politics/adeel-mangi-nomination/index.html

[SarahD]

1. This is MAGA.

Back to the past, to a time when being of a particular religious faith is sufficient to disqualify someone for a job.

[Igel]

2. Not only MAGA.

I've seen people who were Catholic or evangelical or LDS flat out turned down for positions, and more than one person I've heard say that so-and-so is _____________ and shouldn't be appointed to SCOTUS, some court, some official position, or get an academic job.