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Watching some of the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (can only watch briefly, or I’ll blow a gasket), I finally had it with all the clowns, but especially my own senator – Joshua “I-Support-Traitorous-Insurrectionists”<\/em> Hawley.\u00a0 So this morning I faxed him this letter:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Friday, March 25, 2022<\/p>\n Mr. Josh Hawley<\/p>\n 212 Russell Senate Office Building<\/p>\n Washington, D.C. 20510<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RE: MERITLESS TO THE POINT OF DEMAGOGUERY<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mr. Hawley:<\/p>\n Your toddler-esque (bordering on infantile) behavior during the Senate hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation was aptly characterized by fellow Republican Andrew McCarthy in the \u201cNational Review\u201d<\/em> as a \u201csmear\u201d<\/em><\/strong> that was \u201cmeritless to the point of demagoguery\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at the FACTS that would lead to such a withering criticism from a fellow right-wing idealogue like McCarthy that was published in a dedicated radical right-wing magazine.<\/p>\n [I] Taking Jackson\u2019s Remarks out of Context<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n From a Tweet by you on March 16:<\/p>\n \u201cJudge Jackson has opined there may be a type of \u2018less-serious child pornography offender.\u2019 … \u2019A \u2018less-serious\u2019 child porn offender?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The FACTS: She opined no such thing. \u00a0She was simply asking questions about it.<\/p>\n [II] Mischaracterizing the USSC\u2019s Work<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n From another Tweet by you on March 16:<\/p>\n \u201cAs a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Judge Jackson advocated for drastic change in how the law treats sex offenders by eliminating the existing mandatory minimum sentences for child porn.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Two critical FACTS you chose to elide:<\/p>\n [1]<\/em> The USSC is bipartisan, as no more than four members of the seven-member USSC can be from one party.<\/p>\n \u2026 and<\/p>\n [2]<\/em> The recommendations you criticized were unanimously approved.<\/p>\n [III] Distorting Judge Jackson\u2019s Record<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In your long Twitter thread of March 16, you list a number of cases purportedly claiming that Judge Jackson did not meet sentencing recommendations.<\/p>\n Not only are you wrong on the FACTS, but you chose to ignore the 2021 USSC report of 2019 that only 30 percent of non-production child-porn offenders received a sentence within the guideline range.<\/p>\n In addition to ignoring the FACTS, you also chose to ignore what U.S. probation officers had recommended in these cases.<\/p>\n Additionally, you yourself have voted to confirm at least three federal judges who also engaged in the same pornography sentencing practices for which you criticize Judge Jackson.<\/p>\n Your entire toxic pornography obsession consisted of very weakly-presented misinformation that relied on cherry-picked elements of Judge Jackson\u2019s record that were taken out of context, distorted and mischaracterized.\u00a0 And it fell like a house of cards under the slightest of scrutiny.<\/p>\n Bottom line: You should be ashamed of yourself.\u00a0 I know that the good citizens of Missouri are ashamed to have you as a senator for our state.<\/p>\n GROW UP!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Respectfully,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [NAME]<\/em><\/p>\n [CITY]<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PS: After your raised-fist salute to the traitorous insurrectionist on January 6, 2021, rest assured that Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s lyrics from his Tony Award-winning smash Broadway musical \u201cHamilton\u201d<\/em> apply to you:<\/p>\n \u201cWELL, HE\u2019S NEVER GOING TO BE PRESIDENT NOW!\u201d<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Watching some of the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (can only watch briefly, or I’ll blow a gasket), I finally had it with all the clowns, but especially my own senator – Joshua 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