“The fact that he’s willing to make a promise at the outset that it must be a Black woman — I gotta say, that’s offensive,” Cruz said on his podcast over the weekend. “Black women are, what, six percent of the U.S. population? He’s saying to 94 percent of Americans: ‘I don’t give a damn about you. You are ineligible.’”
He added, “It’s actually an insult to Black women.”
“Just over a year ago, the previous president also promised to select a woman for the Supreme Court,” Psaki said in reference to Trump’s nomination of Barrett. “Not only were there no complaints about choosing a nominee from a specific demographic — from the same corners — but there was widespread praise of now-Justice Barrett on those grounds, with Republican lawmakers widely highlighting that they thought this was positive for women in America.”
Psaki noted that Cruz had no objection to Trump’s promise to nominate a woman. “He had no objection to Donald Trump promising he’d nominate a woman in 2020,” Psaki said. “I repeat: No objection at all.”
“In fact, he praised her on these grounds during— praised her on these grounds, the nominee. During her confirmation hearing, Senator Cruz said, quote, ‘I think you’re an amazing role model for little girls. What advice would you give little girls?’”