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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:35 PM Apr 2018

'I don't mean to be coy': Trump judicial nominee refuses to say whether she supports segregation



The nominee is the wife of former U.S. Senator David Vitter. -- Don


NOOR AL-SIBAI
11 APR 2018 AT 17:32 ET

A federal judicial nominee on Wednesday refused to say whether she agrees with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ruled “separate but equal” schools are unconstitutional when grilled during her Senate confirmation hearing.

“Do you believe that Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided?” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) asked Trump judicial nominee Wendy Vitter.

“Senator, I don’t mean to be coy,” Vitter responded, “but I think I get into a difficult area when I start commenting on Supreme Court decisions, which are correctly decided and which I may disagree with.”

“My personal, political or religious views I would set aside,” she continued, saying that if she were confirmed she would uphold the “binding” decision.

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'I don't mean to be coy': Trump judicial nominee refuses to say whether she supports segregation (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP
This person has no business even being considered. But....here we are. dameatball Apr 2018 #1
My personal, political or religious views I would set aside, elleng Apr 2018 #2
Un-fucking-believable. thucythucy Apr 2018 #3
That guarantees her getting GOP votes. This is what the real agenda is besides taxes. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #4
should be an immediate disqualifier 0rganism Apr 2018 #5
Bullshet!!!! she is just like her Husband. Civic Justice Apr 2018 #6
She's married to Vitter the shitter? Achilleaze Apr 2018 #8
That would make her kskiska Apr 2018 #19
WTF!! voteearlyvoteoften Apr 2018 #7
That tells me everything I need to know about her. Solly Mack Apr 2018 #9
And she stayed married to him. What barrel did they scrape her off the bottom of? brush Apr 2018 #20
I miss her leopard dress. Corgigal Apr 2018 #10
"In a field of terrible judicial nominees, Wendy Vitter is exceptionally unfit" - The Hill procon Apr 2018 #11
Her ass needs to be out the door faster than she can spin around. MerryBlooms Apr 2018 #12
Haas there been a single person...qualified for the position? 3catwoman3 Apr 2018 #15
Kelly, that racist liar? He still hasn't apologized to Rep. Wilson. And don't forget his... brush Apr 2018 #21
I think that she thinks that she's being cleverly vague.... Captain Stern Apr 2018 #13
Are you fucking kidding me? jberryhill Apr 2018 #14
She's not being coy. 3catwoman3 Apr 2018 #16
What it really comes down to, in plain & simple English TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #17
Isnt it acceptable to discuss in general terms... NCTraveler Apr 2018 #18
What??!! "Coy" isn't the word I would have used! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #22
She was trying to be coy. She also was trying to not sound idiotic. Failed on both accounts. grantcart Apr 2018 #23
Disgusting. PatrickforO Apr 2018 #24

thucythucy

(8,052 posts)
3. Un-fucking-believable.
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:39 PM
Apr 2018

It's as though we've regressed a full one hundred years.

I bet she wouldn't be so coy about Plessy v. Fergusson.

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0rganism

(23,954 posts)
5. should be an immediate disqualifier
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:41 PM
Apr 2018

unfortunately, with this version of the GOP, it's her ticket to success

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Civic Justice

(870 posts)
6. Bullshet!!!! she is just like her Husband.
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:43 PM
Apr 2018

Vitter was 100% behind anything the Racist Tea Party Promoted.... I remember his "promoting fear about ACA" and wrote comments on any article in local papers that address him and his position... the comments ended up "deleted".

I stopped writing on the Paper's website when they changed and required one to have to use a Facebook Log In to write commentary. They deleted the entire comment script and all the comments, when they changed over to require a facebook log in.

Before that, the local politicians and the Mayor at the time, followed my comments, I know this because they told me...

I make it my personal citizen business to know the local politicians...

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Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)
9. That tells me everything I need to know about her.
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:54 PM
Apr 2018

Well, being married to Vitter did that already. She's simply confirming it.

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Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
10. I miss her leopard dress.
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:55 PM
Apr 2018

Standing behind her man photo. These republican women have no damn backbone.

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procon

(15,805 posts)
11. "In a field of terrible judicial nominees, Wendy Vitter is exceptionally unfit" - The Hill
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:07 PM
Apr 2018

This is a damning read, a scathing rebuke of this woman, a rabid anti-abortion zealot, and her crazy views.

http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/382668-in-a-field-of-terrible-judicial-nominees-wendy-vitter-is-exceptionally

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MerryBlooms

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12. Her ass needs to be out the door faster than she can spin around.
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:15 PM
Apr 2018

These goddamn dregs of society have no business being anywhere near government positions. Has there been a single person proposed, qualified for the position? Cabinet members, I guess there's been a few- Kelly, McMaster and I'm sure one other that's escaping my memory. However, all the rest have been absolute crap.

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brush

(53,778 posts)
21. Kelly, that racist liar? He still hasn't apologized to Rep. Wilson. And don't forget his...
Reply to MerryBlooms (Reply #12)
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 11:46 AM
Apr 2018

negligence in the Rob Porter scandal.

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Captain Stern

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13. I think that she thinks that she's being cleverly vague....
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:32 PM
Apr 2018

...she thinks she's side-stepping a 'gotcha' question.

The truth is, she has no idea what the 'Brown vs Board of Education' case is. She's too ignorant to know that her answer exposes her ignorance.

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TheSmarterDog

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17. What it really comes down to, in plain & simple English
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:28 PM
Apr 2018

Is that she doesn't believe that people of African descent are human.

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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
18. Isnt it acceptable to discuss in general terms...
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:36 PM
Apr 2018

A long standing law? Precedence? Wouldn’t not being willing to do so constitute the thought that the person doesn’t think it’s settled. I get why they often won’t get into certain things. This doesn’t seem to be one of them.

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PatrickforO

(14,574 posts)
24. Disgusting.
Reply to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:45 PM
Apr 2018

Don't mean to be coy????

WTF?

On Brown vs Topeka Board of Education?

So...this lady implies she wants segregated schools again. Sounds like I need to make a call to my Senators. Unless she's already been confirmed.

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