Posted on 07/14/2018 6:45:13 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Pundits and some news organizations on the left seem to be parroting the latest progressive talking point to oppose President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, focusing on Kavanaugh’s race to argue he is not a diverse pick for the nation’s top court.
Earlier this week, Breitbart News reported that in a clear attempt to deploy the time-tested progressive tactic of divisive warfare, Demand Justice, the activist organization at the center of opposing Kavanaugh established a talking point on its website that “Trump’s judges are overwhelmingly white men.”
Demand Justice is founded by former members of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and is tied to the who’s who of the organized progressive left. The organization posted the “white men” talking point prior to Kavanaugh’s nomination.
PBS.org digital politics editor Daniel Bush wrote a piece that featured an entire subsection titled, “Another white man.”
Bush complained:
On occasion, Supreme Court appointments double as important cultural milestones… Fast forward to the latest Supreme Court pick. Trump chose a white man. On one hand, Trump was all but certain to faced backlash as long as the nominee had a conservative record on abortion and other hot-button issues. Still, the president had an opportunity to make a statement about diversity.
By elevating another white man to a position of power, Trump reinforced the view — among his critics on the left, at least — that he is only interested in promoting people who look like himself.
Will Bunch, national columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly.com, wrote a piece titled, “The unbearable whiteness of being Trump’s judicial picks.” Bunch opined:
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Civilized men need not apply...
The war on whites, on civilization itself, goes on.
“Wait, what color was Merrick Garland?”
He’s “different,” he’s a Secular Progressive Jew!
Well, If Trump can find another Clarence Thomas he will appoint him to the next slot. Happy now?/sarc
Why isn’t Hillary too white? Or Elizabeth Warren? Warren is a lily white pretender.
He identifies as a person of color.
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