Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has broken with the majority of his party regarding President Joe Biden’s declaration to only nominate a black woman to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Most Senate Republicans have criticized Biden’s move as inherently racist, preferring instead that he focus on meritocracy rather than skin color.
”I heard a couple of people say they thought it was inappropriate for the president to announce he was going to put an African American woman on the court. Honestly, I did not think that was inappropriate,” McConnell told attendees at a luncheon with business leaders in Lexington, Ky…
