Repeatedly proclaiming his joy over her nomination, Mr. He continued: “You have earned this spot. “I see my ancestors and yours,” he added. “You are a person that is so much more than your race and gender - you are a Christian, you are a mom, you are an intellect, you love books,” he said, as Judge Jackson wiped away tears. Booker, the only Black senator on the 22-member Judiciary Committee, offered Judge Jackson a respite from a series of conservative attacks and endorsed her candidacy for the Supreme Court in enthusiastic and emotional terms.
He then began an emotional appeal to return the hearing’s focus to the historic nature of her nomination, invoking the nation’s history of civil rights advancement, her array of judicial accomplishments and his own emotion at witnessing her nomination.
