When it seemed that Republicans in Congress couldn’t stoop any lower, they did.
The opposition to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson had already become notorious for the transparent racism and misogyny on the part of some senators. Now, their House counterparts have taken an opportunity to vent venom and spite against a second Black judge — in this case, a Floridian — even though it meant dishonoring the dead.
Their excuse: a single long-ago decision involving school prayer.
