Ted Lieu actually said...

"The fact that it is 73 percent White and male means decisions were being made on the race of applicant, and that is simply a fact."

"When you have a Federal judiciary that is 73 percent White and male, far above that actual population of White males, and then you say the reason is because of merit, you are sending the message that ..."

"To somehow suggest that the only reason it is White and male is because those people are the most exceptionally qualified is a lie."

"The message sent is that lawyers and judges and law professors that look like me are somehow not qualified to be on the U.S. Supreme Court, and that is just wrong."