The board doesn’t make curriculum decisions.Ĭruz and Jackson both attended Harvard Law, a year apart, and said they knew one another, though not well. She had explained Georgetown was founded in 1945 during legal segregation, when white and Black families came together to educate their children. I don’t believe in any of that,” Jackson said. That they’re victims, that they’re oppressors. “I do not believe that any child should be made to feel as though they are racist, or though they are not valued, or though they are less than. WATCH LIVE: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings - Day 2
Kendi and asked, “Do you agree with this book that is being taught with kids that babies are racist?”
It doesn’t come up in the work that I do as a judge,” Jackson told Cruz.Ĭruz produced a poster-size page from “Antiracist Baby” by noted scholar Ibram X. “I’ve never studied critical race theory, and I’ve never used it. In addition to being highly criticized for downplaying the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cruz dealt with considerable national backlash after he flew to Cancún while millions of people went without food and water as a result of the Texas power disaster, a decision he refused to take responsibility for, attributing criticism to "Trump withdrawal.During Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearing on Tuesday, Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, veered from legal arguments to the heated debates over critical race theory, an academic area of study that examines the role of race in the founding of the U.S.ĭisplaying a stack of books on racism from the reading list at Georgetown Day School, a prestigious private campus where Jackson serves on the board, Cruz grilled the nominee for her views on the topic. Kennedy, claiming that Cruz's father was with Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald "prior to Oswald being, you know, shot." Trump also once suggested that Cruz's father may have been involved in the assassination of former President John F. Senator Cruz has proven one of the more controversial members of Congress, openly backing former President Donald Trump's falsehoods about the integrity of the 2020 general election amid his decision to object to the certification of President Joe Biden's win.Ĭruz has continued to support Trump despite the contentious history between them, including the moment during the 2016 campaign when Trump criticized Cruz's wife, Heidi Cruz, by comparing her looks to his wife, Melania, a former model. "This is how it's supposed to look," she said, showing a selfie of her wearing a crop top and noting that "they literally made my shirt Seen this yet, your own daughter doesn't support your views!\u00a0\u2026 - Robert holgate holgate) She emphasized that she doesn't agree with her father's beliefs and that she has been judged for his behavior: "Also, a lot of people judge me based upon him at first glance but I really disagree with most of his views.”Īnd she even found time to comment on the family Christmas card, revealing that her parents had actually edited her shirt in the photo before the card was sent out to her father's supporters. Like, if I want to go on a walk through the neighborhood, like to my friend's house or something, I have to have, like, two security guards behind me the entire time."
I just stumbled upon Ted Cruz\u2019 daughter\u2019s TikTok and this story about them editing her crop top to be longer is so\u2026 on /Zx0j0ztwde - Krissie \ud83d\udc1d \ud83d\udc1d)Ĭaroline admits that there are downsides to having a father with a high level of political notoriety: "Some of the bad things are, I literally have to have security following me everywhere.
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