Letter-writer Robert J. Reiland thinks several Republican senators embarrassed themselves during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and that Sen. Ted Cruz made racist attacks on the nominee (“Republicans’ questioning of Jackson embarrassing.”
Asking difficult questions, as Cruz did, is not an attack and does not make one a racist. Rather, difficult questions are meant to test the nominee’s intelligence and ability to think on their feet. I would like to see Reiland provide the quotes from Cruz that he thinks were racist. And don’t tell me it was the tone of his questions, unless Reiland is a mind reader.
Just for fun, Mr. Reiland, compare the Jackson hearings with the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. What did you think about the way the Democrats treated Kavanaugh? I’ll bet you loved the accusations and what I believe were lies the Democrats used that falsely portrayed Kavanaugh as a serial rapist.
I’ll bet you loved the “witnesses” who I think were coached and fed questions by the Democrats to perpetuate the lies. That’s not to mention the others who did not testify, who I believe were also liars, but were given free rein by a complicit fake news media to say anything they wanted about Kavanaugh, as long as it led to further destruction of his character.
So, Mr. Reiland, were you also embarrassed by the way the Democrats treated Kavanaugh? Is that a racist attack on my part or just a difficult question for you?
Ralph Dunsworth
Oviedo, Fla.