'You got here how every Black woman in America who's gotten anywhere has done, by being like Ginger Rogers: 'I did everything Fred Astaire did but backward, in heels,'' Sen. Cory Booker said.
The Democratic senator from New Jersey called the Supreme Court nominee his “harbinger of hope.”As Jackson wiped away tears, Booker applauded Jackson for her historic nomination to become the first Black woman on the nation's highest court and her path to getting there.
In his speech, Booker said the harsh line of questioning against a Black woman didn't come as a shock.Sen. Cory Booker speaks on the third day of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2022.
Some online celebrated Booker's speech, including Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts, the author of,"Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration."
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