I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K. Parton.

Before the end of Black History Month, I talked with Congresswoman Joyce Bady of Ohio,

the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

We talked about her heroes, and we talked about what faces the Black women President Biden

promised to nominate to the Supreme Court.

In this conversation, first recorded on February 16th for Washington Post Live, before Biden

nominated Judge Katangi Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, Bady talked about the significance

of that nomination, and she talked about her run-in with Congressman Harold Rogers,

in which the Kentucky Republican told her to, quote, kiss my butt.

People feel that they are privileged and that they can do and say anything they want to,

but I think I sent a strong message to him.

I'm about leadership in dignity and civility, but he clearly picked the wrong woman on that

day.

Bady told me that that exchange is evidence of, quote, a lack of decorum and respect for

the House.

Good morning, I'm Jonathan K. Parton, opinion writer for the Washington Post.

Welcome to Washington Post Live, and another in our series, Race in America History Matters.

February is Black History Month, so we're continuing our examination of the role Black women

have played throughout American history.

My first guest today is historic in her own right.

Congresswoman Joyce Bady, Democrat from Ohio, and Chairwoman of the Congressional Black

Caucus, Chairwoman Bady.

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