May 29, 2009
Posted: May 29th, 2009 11:23 AM ET
From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Cornyn on Thursday said statements calling Sotomayor a racist are 'terrible.'
(CNN) - A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a "racist." "I think it's terrible," Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told NPR's "All Things Considered" Thursday. "This is not the kind of tone any of us want to set when it comes to performing our constitutional responsibilities of advise and consent.” Both the popular radio host and former GOP House Speaker have suggested Obama's pick for the high court is a racist while referencing a 2001 speech at Berkeley during which Sotomayor said, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." Related: In her own words: Sotomayor's 'Latina' speech "Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a latina woman.' new racism is no better than old racism," Gingrich wrote on Twitter Wednesday. "Here you have a racist – you might want to soften that, and you might want to say a reverse racist," Limbaugh said the day before on his radio program. Senate Republicans meanwhile have largely withheld judgment on Sotomayor, though many - including Cornyn - have taken issue with some of her past statements and rulings. "We are all a product of our upbringing and who we are and I think it’s a fact people do have different backgrounds, but I don't think those background ought to determine what the law is," Cornyn said to NPR of Sotomayor's Berkeley comments. The NRSC chief also brushed off the Limbaugh and Gingrich statements while noting neither man holds an elected office. "Neither one of these men are elected Republican officials. I just don't think it’s appropriate. I certainly don't endorse it. I think it’s wrong," he said. Filed under: John Cornyn Newt Gingrich Popular Posts Rush Limbaugh Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court
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