WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell openly acknowledges Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is qualified to sit on the Supreme Court.
But that doesn't mean the Senate minority leader is backing down from her nomination battle. He is just directing his fire elsewhere.
In statements and Senate floor remarks since President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jackson to succeed retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer last month, McConnell, R-Ky., has signaled he is not going to try to bludgeon Jackson's character or experience ahead of her confirmation hearings, which are set to begin March 21.
