Posted on 07/14/2019 5:28:32 PM PDT by cotton1706
Amul Thapar broke new ground when he became the first federal judge of South Asian descent in 2007, and over the next decade he built a record as a well-respected jurist.
When President Trump nominated Judge Thapar to a seat on a federal appeals court, the American Bar Association unanimously graded him “well qualified.” Yet when the son of Indian immigrants came up for a vote on the Senate floor, not a single Democrat backed him.
The process played out the same way for Neomi Rao, a daughter of Indian immigrants whom the ABA rated “well qualified” but who was confirmed only on a party-line vote, and for Michael Park, a Korean American, and Kenneth Lee, a Korean immigrant.
None of them earned a single Democratic vote.
It’s tough to square that record with Democratic senators’ complaints about a lack of racial diversity or female presence on the federal bench, conservative court watchers say.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.washingtontimes.com ...
You wander off the socialist ‘RATS’ plantation and you’re toast. They demand loyalty from all of their minorities.
Now...let’s see how many limp-wristed Repubics join them
2016 - 77% of Asian-Indians vote for Hillary.
1991 - Clarence Thomas appointed by GHW Bush.
1992 - 90% of Blacks vote against GHW Bush.
Anybody see a pattern here?
and they have the gonads to call us racist.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.