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?”
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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.
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
