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Related: About this forumTennessee pastors express 'embarrassment' towards Sen. Blackburn's SCOTUS nominee remarks
Marsha Blackburn is an embarrassment
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Tennessee pastors expressed their "embarrassment" and "frustration" towards Tennessee's state Senior Senator Marsha Blackburn for her role on the U.S. Senates Judiciary Committee after the second day of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
Pastors part of the Southern Christian Coalition, a nonpartisan grassroots, ecumenical organization felt that Sen. Blackburn did not demonstrate professionalism by focusing on political talking points.
While most Senators in the Judiciary Committee focused on the qualifications and experience of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, our Senator Marsha Blackburns line of questioning was inappropriate and irrelevant, and as a Christian, pastor, and Tennessean, I was embarrassed by her public behavior, said Rev. Brandon Berg, Pastor of First United Church in Bristol, TN.
Sen. Blackburn said the nominee has taken progressive postions in her writings and speeches and Blackburn is determined to stand up for parents who dont want progressivism in schools.
Pastors part of the Southern Christian Coalition, a nonpartisan grassroots, ecumenical organization felt that Sen. Blackburn did not demonstrate professionalism by focusing on political talking points.
While most Senators in the Judiciary Committee focused on the qualifications and experience of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, our Senator Marsha Blackburns line of questioning was inappropriate and irrelevant, and as a Christian, pastor, and Tennessean, I was embarrassed by her public behavior, said Rev. Brandon Berg, Pastor of First United Church in Bristol, TN.
Senator Blackburn tossed away an opportunity to behave professionally in favor of currying votes from her political base. Her vocabulary of fear-mongering is in stark contrast to the faith she claims in a Savior who reminds us repeatedly, do not fear, and the first shall be last, and the last shall be first, while on the other hand, Judge Jackson shows the ability to live out the believers call to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, as all Christians should strive to live out.
Sen. Blackburn said the nominee has taken progressive postions in her writings and speeches and Blackburn is determined to stand up for parents who dont want progressivism in schools.
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Tennessee pastors express 'embarrassment' towards Sen. Blackburn's SCOTUS nominee remarks (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2022
OP
It's hard to demonstrate professionalism when you lack basic intellect. ❤
littlemissmartypants
Mar 2022
#2
Who has the clip of the journalist following her, with her silence to his questions
mahina
Mar 2022
#4
It embarrasses me that any reTHUG Fascist Treasonous Insurrectionist is still free to
abqtommy
Mar 2022
#5
Prominent Tennessee pastors blast Trumper Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2022
#7
elleng
(136,043 posts)1. Good
littlemissmartypants
(25,483 posts)2. It's hard to demonstrate professionalism when you lack basic intellect. ❤
ShazzieB
(18,641 posts)3. Oh, brother.
Sen. Blackburn said the nominee has taken progressive postions in her writings and speeches and Blackburn is determined to stand up for parents who dont want progressivism in schools.
So I guess Blackburn must not have gotten the memo about what job KBJ has been nominated for and what its parameters are.
Psst, Marsha: that job is Supreme Court justice, not school teacher, principal, or school board member.
mahina
(18,938 posts)4. Who has the clip of the journalist following her, with her silence to his questions
About big Russian campaign money? It was just a day or so ago.
intheflow
(28,925 posts)6. Here's the link to that thread a few days back:
Last edited Thu Mar 24, 2022, 10:16 PM - Edit history (1)
https://democraticunderground.com/100216509799Pro tip: you can find recent posts fairly easily if you recommended them. Go to your profile, click on the Recs button, and voila! Every post you rec'd in the last 90 days is listed there.
mahina
(18,938 posts)8. Thank you!
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)5. It embarrasses me that any reTHUG Fascist Treasonous Insurrectionist is still free to
walk the streets or sit in the halls of government pretending that they have something
positive to add to our society. Lock them all up!
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,423 posts)7. Prominent Tennessee pastors blast Trumper Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn