Following up on the Supreme Court, this is a number of Republicans, as you know, and as you've

been asked about, have spoken out about the president's pledge to pick a black woman for the

high court. How do you respond specifically to Ted Cruz who overnight called it offensive,

and defensive to black women that would make that question?

Well, here's what I would say first. Just over a year ago, the previous president also promised

to select a woman for the Supreme Court. 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. So, take Senator Cruz himself. He had no

objection to Donald Trump promising he'd nominated a woman in 2020, 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? When President Reagan,

honor just can't plain pledge to place the first woman on the court, he said it symbolized the

unique American opportunity. There is no outcry around that. The president's view is that

after 230 years of their Supreme Court being in existence, the fact that not a single black woman

has served on the Supreme Court is a failure in the process, not a failure or a lack of qualified

black women to serve as Supreme Court justices.

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