{"id":109846,"date":"2022-02-08T14:31:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109846"},"modified":"2022-02-08T14:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:32:01","slug":"tys-take-the-gop-says-biden-shouldnt-use-race-to-pick-scotus-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109846","title":{"rendered":"Ty\u2019s Takes: The GOP Says Biden Shouldn\u2019t Use Race To Pick SCOTUS Nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109846\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109846\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109096 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>By Ty Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Biden declared on the campaign trail his intent to pick an African-American woman for SCOTUS if given the opportunity, the GOP didn\u2019t cause much of a stink. Maybe they didn\u2019t take him seriously. Maybe they didn\u2019t think he\u2019d get the chance or follow through. Maybe they thought that if or when he did, they would be in the Congressional majority.<\/p>\n<p>Then Stephen Breyer announced his retirement from the country\u2019s highest court. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And just like that, on cue and on brand, the GOP pearl clutching began. Cries of reverse racism and the familiar \u2018the most qualified should be nominated and Biden should consider everyone.\u2019 Well, I have news for the naysayers, everyone INCLUDES Black women.<\/p>\n<p>But I think my favorite is that Biden shouldn\u2019t make a decision based \u2018solely\u2019 on race. Pardon me while I laugh out loud. This is coming from people who have no problem with declining service, denying a mortgage or equal access to quality public education. Illegal searches, excessive and inequitable use of police force. Making laws that determine where one can live, who they can marry, who can vote. Who gets prosecuted, incarcerated, justice received or justice denied\u2026SOLELY based on race.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just my two cents.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ty Ross When Biden declared on the campaign trail his intent to pick an African-American woman for SCOTUS if given the opportunity, the GOP didn\u2019t cause much of a stink. Maybe they didn\u2019t take him seriously. Maybe they didn\u2019t think he\u2019d get the chance or follow through. Maybe they thought that if or when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28219],"class_list":["post-109846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-tys-takes-the-gop-says-biden-shouldnt-use-race-to-pick-scotus-nominee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109846"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}