Fox News host Tucker Carlson wants to know why President Joe Biden didn’t release Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score during his State of the Union address. Everyone else wants to know why Carlson is still on the air.
Biden nominated Jackson to fill retiring Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat, making good on a campaign promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
During his State of the Union speech, Biden described Jackson, who is currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as “one of our nation’s top legal minds.”
“Biden went on to mention someone called Ketanji Brown Jackson,” Carlson said on his Wednesday night broadcast.
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“That’s not a name most Americans know because Ketanji Brown Jackson has been an appellate judge for less than a year. But Joe Biden assured us she is, quote, ‘one of our top legal minds.'”
Tucker: It might be time for Joe Biden to let us know Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT score was. Why wouldn’t he tell us that… pic.twitter.com/boPHU5PnMd
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 3, 2022
He continued: “Appointing her is one of his gravest constitutional duties. So it might be time for Joe Biden to let us know what Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT score was.
“How did she do on the LSATs? Why wouldn’t you tell us that? That would settle the question conclusively as to whether she’s a once-in-a-generation legal talent, the next Learned Hand. It would seem like Americans in a democracy have a right to know that and much more before giving her a lifetime appointment, but we didn’t hear that.”
Carlson’s comments drew immediate backlash for being disingenuous, racist and just plain stupid.
Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison wrote: “Judge Brown Jackson graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard, Cum Laude from Harvard Law, & was the editor of the Harvard Law review. She is the real deal. I’ve never heard ‘Tie Too Tight’ ask about lsat scores for other nominees, but typical of those who feel a bit ‘inadequate.'”
Judge Brown Jackson graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard, Cum Laude from Harvard Law, & was the editor of the Harvard Law review. She is the real deal. I’ve never heard “Tie Too Tight” ask about lsat scores for other nominees, but typical of those who feel a bit “inadequate.” https://t.co/GeU6qE1isG
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) March 3, 2022
Richard Signorelli, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, commented: “This is patently racist.”
“BTW,” he continued, “her LSAT score is probably phenomenal but no one asks for it as a qualifying measure for any legal position. I know I was never asked for it at the firms I worked for.”
BTW, her LSAT score is probably phenomenal but no one asks for it as a qualifying measure for any legal position. I know I was never asked for it at the firms I worked for including @HughesHubbard & the @SDNYnews
— Richard Signorelli (@richsignorelli) March 3, 2022
Elie Mystal of The Nation added: “It’s bad form at Harvard Law School to even *mention* your LSAT score and Tucker would know that if he wasn’t an idiot frozen dinner scion who literally couldn’t buy his way into Harvard or standardize test himself out of a paper bag. It must piss Tucker off so much that he’s a dumb ass and all these Black people out here know it.”
It must piss Tucker off so much that he's a dumb ass and all these Black people out here know it.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) March 3, 2022
“This is textbook racism,” wrote The Daily Beast’s Ida Bae Wells. “Not even a dog whistle. Show clips of Tucker asking for LSATs of a white candidate. Outside of the ridiculous argument that scores to get INTO law school are the measure of qualification, the presumption that Black pp are dumb is standard white supremacy.”
This is textbook racism. Not even a dog whistle. Show clips of Tucker asking for LSATs of a white candidate. Outside of the ridiculous argument that scores to get INTO law school are the measure of qualification, the presumption that Black pp are dumb is standard white supremacy. https://t.co/KmCC973RMz
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 3, 2022
Former News Anchor Dan Rather shared this itemized response:
Number 1: Straight up racist.
Number 2: Right, we always hear about LSAT scores for Republican judges.
Number 3: LSAT scores are about getting into law school, not the quality of a legal mind.
Number 4: Trump’s grades and taxes…
Number 5-100: Straight up racist.
Number 1: Straight up racist.
Number 2: Right, we always hear about LSAT scores for Republican judges.
Number 3: LSAT scores are about getting into law school, not the quality of a legal mind.
Number 4: Trump's grades and taxes…
Number 5-100: Straight up racist. https://t.co/lvVYHzgQt3— Dan Rather (@DanRather) March 3, 2022
And Senior Editor of Law and Policy for Rewire News Group Imani Gandi summed it up most succinctly:
My LSAT score was kiss my Black ass.
— ??Imani Gandy?? (@AngryBlackLady) March 3, 2022
Covid Hermit
I would just assume you don’t even get ADMITTED to Harvard Law school without an excellent LSAT. Typical racist trash from a total waste of space.
Bonerboy
This is a dogwhistle implying she was allowed in only because of affrimative action. Oh, and just to make clear: TUCKER CARLSON IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST!
Bonerboy
I love how MarcyMayer (or whoever the troll is) has this new tactic of being somewhat moderate or even somewhat liberal in her observations, thinking he/she can catch us off guard. I didn’t see her/him/(they?) compliment Prime32 on his placement of the facts…
Terrycloth
I’d hate to be one of Tuckers kids its going to take years of therapy to undo what tucker had drilled into your head..gee thanks daddy.
jcool
remember when racists at least pretended not to be racist?
Me2
The 24 hour cable news cycle will be the death of our society. Tucker, like all of the hosts on Fox News, is a professional troll whose job is to incite controversy, create conspiracies, and manufacture outrage under the guise of an opinion based show that’s presented as actual journalism. They’re making money hand over fist at the expense of the American public. Their misinformation is slowly but surely eroding our democracy.
MarcyMayer
Carlson does make a lot of money. He does have the highest rated program on cable news.
Bosch
@Marcy in a country that has millionaire televangelists, this is hardly surprising.
Mister P
Me2 is right. Tuck head can’t be that obtuse or racist he Is just saying what his audience wants to hear for his paycheck.
Cam
Why does the headline say “idiotic” attack and not “Rac-ist” attack?
Carlson has never asked for the scores of any of the white nominees, yet not only does it for the first Black woman nominee, but the assumption is that Black people could never get into school with valid scores etc.. this is the height of rac-ism.
MarcyMayer
He’s probably implying affirmative action, but didn’t say it overtly.
Prax07
Used to be it was just world leaders and corrupt government officials that we had to worry about destroying democracy, now it’s also overpaid no talent @sshats like Carleson and all his buddies at Fux News.
stafcoyote
What a racist, Russian idiot Tucker Carlson is.
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stafcoyote
Glory to Ukraine!
Kangol2
I expect nothing less from this pampered racist, misogynistic, fascist-lovign frozen food heir-head. The other thing to note about Ketanji Brown Jackson is that she has 8.9 years of court experience, which is more than four other current SCOTUS members (Thomas, Roberts, Kagan, and Coney Barrett) had combined! Her record is stellar and needs no defense, but then in this society questioning the talents and skills of Black people has been a constant since the colonial days. Tucker’s racism is par for the course, just like his cheerleading for fascist dictators like Putin!
cuteguy
Why is Faux News allowing this? Oh wait, it’s a propaganda network for the GQP
johncp56
Whats new
inbama
I think he decided to get himself labeled a racist because everyone now has him pegged as a traitor.
white-queer-african
SamB et al MIA? No comment? Sorry, I forgot it is a bot and only responds to stories that triggers certain key words for it’s “brain” to be activated!
BDAguy
From the guy who has supported Vlad Putin, Putin’s bitch AKA Donald Trump and encouraged Americans to tear down our democracy is anyone really surprised?
The Accidental Polemicist
Putin’s bitch? Hardly.
Trump had: 1) Bombed Syria, Russia’s main client, and unleashed the U.S. military in Syria, including against Russians; 2) Armed Ukraine; 3) Weakened the Iran nuclear deal, and would likely soon end it [which Trump later did]; 4) Browbeat NATO allies to increase defense spending; 5) Approved $130 billion in new defense spending; 6) Added low-yield nukes to the U.S. arsenal; 7) Started research and development on a new missile after Russia deployed a missile that did not comply with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; 8) Shut down Russia’s consulate in San Francisco; and 9) Pumped more U.S. oil and gas, making the U.S. more energy independent.
The Trump administration was far tougher on Putin’s Russia than the Biden team. They fought an aggressive campaign against the hugely controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, implemented the toughest sanctions against Moscow since the end of the Cold War, and applied tremendous pressure on Germany to toughen its stance toward Russia. At the same time, the Trump White House made increasing defence spending among NATO allies a top foreign policy priority, resulting in nearly all NATO partners stepping up to the plate and pledging significant increased spending commitments. NATO was in a far stronger position at the end of the Trump Presidency than it was under Barack Obama.
It is no coincidence that the Russian invasion of Crimea happened under Obama’s watch, and the reinvasion of Ukraine is happening right now under his Democratic successor Joe Biden. Both presidencies are weak-kneed foreign policy disasters.
MarcyMayer
The Accidental Polemicist:
I must hand it to you: You are well informed and you supported your views with facts.
prime32
A little revisionist history. Both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush pressured NATO allies to increase spending 1) Trump was hardly the first. And since 2014, several years before Trump entered the White House, defense spending by NATO members has steadily increased. But during his presidency, Trump repeatedly bashed NATO and raised fears that the US would leave the alliance. His approach to NATO created historic tensions with key US allies. Trump in 2019 was also impeached, in part, for withholding roughly $400 million of military aid from Ukraine as it continued to fight a war against Kremlin-backed rebels in the Donbas region. Trump froze the aid while pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, currently being lauded as a hero as Russia invades his country, to launch an investigation into then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, over baseless allegations of corruption. With a Russian invasion of Ukraine underway, Trump and his Republican allies have made the case that Moscow never would’ve attacked if he was in the White House, and many in the GOP have sought to politicize the crisis. Meanwhile, top experts on Russia and authoritarianism have said that Trump emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin — and helped pave the way for this war. AND, let’s not forget Trump’s push back on clean energy and the tons of money Trump gave Russia for oil. Furthermore, Trump’s actions empowered American adversaries ranging from the Islamic State militant group to Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and abandoned the local Syrian forces, especially Kurdish ones, who fought side by side with U.S. troops against ISIS. In defending his decision, Trump insisted America has nothing at stake in Syria and can let others handle an Islamic State insurgency. Trump applauded Russia and advised them they could take over Syria. Lastly, the State Department ordered the post closed. Before the consulate was closed, smoke was seen billowing out of the building, suggesting sensitive materials were being destroyed. Trump didn’t have the guts to cease the building. So please stop with the NONSENSE!
Cam
@The Accidental Polemicist and @MarcyMayer
LOL!! Oh, @SamB/@BarryM, how sad your trolling has gotten. I especially like the part where your second screename came in and said
“The Accidental Polemicist:
I must hand it to you: You are well informed and you supported your views with facts.”
LOL!!! I mean, I’ve told you that you expose yourself so easily when you try to back up your own points, and you just can’t stop doing it. Although this screename would have been easy to spot considering you you used the word “Polemicist”, a favorite word of Ann Coulter as your screename.
Your troll game is worse than sad and weak….honestly, at this point it’s just kind of boring.
Bonerboy
I love how MarcyMayer (or whoever the troll is) has this new tactic of being somewhat moderate or even somewhat liberal in her observations, thinking he/she can catch us off guard. I didn’t see her/him/(they?) compliment Prime32 on his placement of the facts…
inbama
@prime32
Excellent FACT-BASED rebuttal.
We need more of that and less SCAM name-calling.
Jim
Is Tucker a racist?
Does a duck quack.
We all know that is what Tucker does.
Polaro
The irony is these phony, clearly-biased attacks on Supreme Court nominees results in a failure for proper vetting. I’m pretty sure Ms. Jackson is qualified, but I don’t think anything the Senate has to say at this point matters. The US is broken.