President Joe Biden faced backlash on Thursday after he announced that he would replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with someone in-part based on their race and their sex.
“The person I nominate to replace Justice Breyer will be someone with extraordinary qualifications. Character, experience, and integrity,” Biden wrote on Twitter. “And they will be the first Black woman nominated to the United States Supreme Court.”
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed this week that Biden had “reiterated his commitment to nominating a black woman to the Supreme Court…
