Jimmy Kimmel spent much of his monologue on Tuesday night breaking down his “embarrassed” and “angry” start to Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
While Judge Jackson’s opening statement received at least some praise from both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, “not every Republican was impressed,” said the host. The program said, adding, “Senators Marsha Blackburn and Josh Hawley said, ‘You lost us at ‘Ketanji. ‘”
“This guy is scary,” Kimmel said specifically of Hawley, in a slightly revealing direction. “He spent most of his allotted 30 minutes reading a list of child pornography videos from a case the judge settled.” When his audience scoffed, he made it clear, “It’s not a joke.”
“He’s trying to butcher these people with QA and also smear a woman who is a mother of two daughters and is clearly not child-supportive,” he continued, before sharing the photo. by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), “a brilliant, brilliant American, teenage Venmos girls are innocent because he’s kind.”
Despite the “gratuitous attacks,” Kimmel praised Judge Jackson for remaining “very calm under pressure” and defended her against baseless allegations that she was somehow “soft on crime.” “.
“It’s funny to hear the very people who let the president get away with trying to overthrow the government calling out anyone to be soft on the crime,” said the presenter, before presenting what was presumably the Worst attempt to smear Judge Jackson all day: a tweet from the official Republican Twitter account showing her initials crossed out and replaced with “CRT” or important racial theory important.
“I think your dog whistle broke, guys,” he concluded. “Everybody can hear it now!”
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