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On the recordFebruary 1, 2022
You got to understand, racial discrimination is wrong. Period. Full stop. The Democrats are so casually racist, that they'll make that promise. And not only that. It ends up being insulting to African American women that there are - there are Black women, who are very talented jurists, who may well be the appropriate nominee.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Ted Cruz criticizes President Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, calling it offensive and racially discriminatory.

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