Ossoff votes with Republicans to block controversial Biden nominee
Source: The Hill
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) voted with Republicans on Thursday to block the nomination of Judge Sarah Netburn, who garnered significant controversy after ruling a transgender woman convicted of sex crimes should be transferred to a federal womens prison.
It marked a rare instance of a Democrat breaking with the majority to bottle up one of President Bidens judicial nominees in committee.
Netburn came under sharp criticism from Republican senators after she told Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, that she didnt know whether it is possible to determine a persons sex by analyzing their chromosomes.
When asked about determining sex by chromosomal analysis, the nominee told Graham, I have never studied biology and therefore I am unqualified to answer this question.
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Mark.b
(36 posts)to show their voters a little independence. Im guessing Schumer OKed this.
Susan Calvin
(2,024 posts)I couldn't come close to having an opinion without knowing a lot more about it. About the only opinion I can come up with from the post is that I thought that the facts about X and Y chromosomes were taught in high school. They were when I went to high school. I realize that's just the determinant of sex assigned at birth, and that it's a lot more complicated than just XX or XY in some cases even then, but I'm really taken aback, on the face of it, by an educated adult who seems to think you have to study biology to know what X and Y chromosomes are. I'd be interested in knowing more about Ossoff's rationale.
forgotmylogin
(7,668 posts)None of them are held to what they say.
hueymahl
(2,638 posts)In right wing media. Practical choice by Ossoff
cabotnn22
(37 posts)The judge okayed this serial rapist's move into a female prison. I'm glad Ossoff voted against her. I'm disappointed no other democrat did. If you're a fully intact male convicted of a sex crime I'm sorry - you don't get transfer into a women's prison. Having volunteered for years with female prisoners, they are incredibly vulnerable. A lot of them are survivors of SA. They don't need additional trauma. By the way, this prisoner has been flashing female inmates and is obviously taking the piss out of the system.
vercetti2021
(10,359 posts)Not a good look there