After waiting months to question Kenneth Lee, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday wasted no time confronting Lee about decades-old writings on race, HIV and LGBTQ issues.
Feinstein questioned Lee about an article he wrote in 1994 in which he claimed that"nine out of 10 people with AIDS are gay or drug users.” Lee expressed regret and embarrassment over the article and said his views have changed. He noted that at 18 he “didn’t know science.” “Mr. Lee’s repeated failure to provide responsive materials to this committee is a breach of the committee’s standards and processes — it is not a partisan issue,” they wrote in a joint statement this week.
Lee also stirred controversy with op-eds about race and gender. In a 1993 article, he said, “Cries of racism often stem from isolated incidents or from unreliable studies based on statistical chicanery.” In that same article, he claimed “charges of sexism often amount to nothing but irrelevant pouting.
“But as a professional, Ken has earned praise and admiration from across the political spectrum because he is a brilliant lawyer whose commitment to public service demonstrates that he is just the kind of person who should be serving on the Ninth Circuit,” Severino added.
TheMominatrixx NBCOUT He is not alone. Many of the republican judges were selected for their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman only.
NBCOUT Disqualifying.
NBCOUT Living a clean, respectable life used to be a good thing. But now we are free to be what ever we want without consequences, hurray.
NBCOUT Yikes.
NBCOUT So what, another witch hunt! Racist Nazis
NBCOUT Trimpis nominating and the Senate is confirming BAD and u qualified people to be Judges just for politics
NBCOUT JoyAnnReid can give you tips on how to talk your way out of this. You two are two peas in a pod.
NBCOUT Cross Kenneth Lee off the appeals court list. He's not worthy. Is Mike Pence his role model?
NBCOUT Real news ! NBC is upset that Lee will not fall in line with the 9th Circuits liberal views ! Afraid the 80% overturn rate will go down
NBCOUT He really knows how to pick them doesn’t he!
NBCOUT Wait but what did he write while he was in middle school? Now that’s the most important question.
NBCOUT this guy is 44? ....
NBCOUT Whatd he say? Gays are more likely to get HIV? Whys that ground breaking? That and those who share needles is common knowledge.
NBCOUT Duh 🤷🏾♂️
NBCOUT He sounds awful.
NBCOUT This administration needs the worst of the worst because of evangelicals. Come on people.
NBCOUT Trump (winning) and GOP Senate rolling along in appointing judges and liberal is “pissed”.
NBCOUT 'Can't buy me love'. That is the sexually transmitted low down on hiv
NBCOUT He’ll get approved of course.
NBCOUT Decades old you say? 🙄
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