Ketanji Brown Jackson couldn’t hide her contempt for Ted Cruz’s dumbest question

Republicans spent days grandstanding, asking bad faith questions, and just ranting at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate confirmation hearing – when they’re supposed to be questioning her about her approach to the law and her qualifications – and she has been praised for staying cool and collected throughout it.

But Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) managed to ask a question about transgender people that was so dumb that she just couldn’t hide her visceral response.

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“I’m an Hispanic man,” Cruz asked Jackson, as he mocked transgender people’s identities. “Could I decide I was an Asian man?”

Cruz, who has a degree from Harvard Law School, apparently remembered that he’s supposed to be asking questions about the law so he added, “W-would I have the ability to be an Asian man and challenge Harvard’s discrimination because I made that decision?”

“Tsk,” Jackson said disapprovingly, looking down. It was a brief moment before she gave her response: “Senator, I’m not able to answer your question. You’re asking me about hypotheticals.”

Online, people mocked Cruz for his bizarre question.

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Imagine going to a job interview and the person interviewing you asks if he can be Asian https://t.co/tgMXYqaeRs

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 23, 2022

Ted Cruz becoming an Asian man would only increase Asian hate crimes. https://t.co/rGk2xT5ORX

— Feodor Chin 🇺🇸❄️ (@FeoChin) March 23, 2022

As an Asian man, I would like to tell @tedcruz to fuck off. https://t.co/sapUPCJcFs

— Yao Yichen 姚以晨 (@RadioFreeYichen) March 23, 2022

As an Asian man, i would first like to ask how Ted Cruz decided to vacation Cancun like a *coward man* while millions of his Texas constituents were freezing in the cold without power. Can you first try not be Dereliction-of-Duty-Senator-man first? Thanks. pic.twitter.com/Q68Qhu0SXO

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 23, 2022

Say Ted Cruz did begin to identify as an Asian man.

So?

I'm not seeing how that would be any different from identifying as a racist white Texas cowboy which is what he's doing NOW.

4/4

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 23, 2022

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