As Election Approaches, Policy and Party as Important as Personalities
Per The Washington Post, "Just 13% of Biden's Senate-confirmed appointments so far are white men."
Regarding this record, Biden noted "I'm particularly proud that these judges reflect the diversity that is our country's strength."
In contrast, of 237 judges appointed by Trump, 200 were white and 37 not white. Seventy-six percent of Trump appointments were men and 24% women.
Inevitably, those on the left will say Trump's appointment criterion was white male supremacy.
But the difference between Trump and Biden appointments is putting the Constitution front and center as opposed to ethnicity.
Of course, there is more to the picture than the judiciary.
The fiscal situation of the nation is frightening and dangerous.
Our only hope for turning this around is Republican control on Capitol Hill.
For the first seven months of fiscal year 2024, expenditures of interest payments on our massive national debt exceeded both spending on Defense and on Medicare.
The Senate is on a razor's edge, with Democrats controlling 51-49. Estimates are that retiring Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin will be replaced by a Republican. In a 50-50 Senate, with a Republican in the White House, a Republican vice president will cast the deciding vote.
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