The GOP took shots at Judge Jackson. She replied with class.

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Today's news is still surrounding the Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing. We're leading the newsletter with a column from Kurt Bardella about Jackson's response to some Republicans. Happy reading.

The GOP took shots at Judge Jackson. She replied with class.

By Kurt Bardella

It started with a GIF.

The Republican National Committee posted an image on social media Tuesday of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson with her initials, "KBJ," crossed out and replaced with "CRT."

In the late morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has twice voted to confirm Jackson for other federal judicial posts, inexplicably asked, "What faith are you, by the way?" It’s worth noting that such a question would be illegal for an employer to ask a candidate during a job interview.

Graham went as far as to ask, "On a scale of 1 to 10, how faithful would you say you are, in terms of religion?" I bet this line of questioning wouldn't have happened if Graham weren't a member of a political party that shamelessly panders to a predominantly white evangelical base. And let's not even try to reconcile how Graham can cling to faith on one hand, while on the other expressing his desire to see people in the Guantánamo Bay detention center all die.

Deshaun Watson gets to build his legacy. What about ours in Cleveland?

By Connie Schultz

My friend Sue’s love affair with the Cleveland Browns began in 1981, when she met quarterback Brian Sipe in the parking lot after a game with the Buffalo Bills.

Last Friday, Sue was in her car listening to an interview about baseball on sports radio when an excited voice interrupted with breaking news: The Cleveland Browns had acquired Houston Texans Deshaun Watson. He is a quarterback of heralded talents who just a week earlier had escaped indictment but faces nearly two dozen civil claims of sexual misconduct from March 2020 to March 2021.

I was Sue’s first call, and she was inconsolable. “We got that bad guy,” she said. “We just went from the lovable losers that everyone cheered for to the most hated team in the NFL.”

Babies are incredibly racist. Good that Ted Cruz had the guts to ask.

By Rex Huppke

During the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, one senator had the guts to ask the question on every American’s mind.

While grilling Jackson on critical race theory Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz described a children’s book called "Antiracist Baby." He turned his steely gaze to Jackson and asked the Harvard-educated veteran jurist if she believes "that babies are racist."

Some viewers wondered why a man who looks like he rubbed honey on his face then rolled on the floor of a barbershop would pose such a question. In fact, the collective eye roll was so intense the Earth briefly tilted off its axis.

The GOP took shots at Judge Jackson. She replied with class.