Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he did not oppose President Joe Biden’s plan to nominate a Black woman to the US Supreme Court.
The Republican leader’s remarks contradict those of other Republicans such as Sens Josh Hawley and Roger Wicker, who both objected to Mr Biden’s plans to name a Black woman to succeed retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Mr Wicker told The Washington Post that any nominee would be the “beneficiary” of an affirmative action “quota.” Sen Susan Collins of Maine, who won reelection in 2020 despite Mr Biden winning her state, similarly called Mr Biden’s announcement “clumsy at best”.
