Mitt Romney Claps For Ketanji Brown Jackson As His GOP Colleagues Walk Out – By Jennifer Bendery (Huffpost) / April 7, 2022
The Utah Republican stayed behind with Democrats to celebrate the historic moment of putting the first Black woman onto the Supreme Court.
For nearly a full minute, Democratic senators and people sitting in the Senate balcony stood up and cheered for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
But as the camera panned around the room, there was a lone Republican senator standing there clapping, too: Mitt Romney of Utah.
Romney was one of three GOP senators who had voted moments earlier to confirm Jackson, along with Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine). He appeared to be the only Republican, though, who made a point to stay behind and celebrate Jackson’s confirmation
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