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” Hawley. So this morning I faxed him this letter:
Friday, March 25, 2022
Mr. Josh Hawley
212 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
RE: MERITLESS TO THE POINT OF DEMAGOGUERY
Mr. Hawley:
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 “National Review” as a “smear” that was “meritless to the point of demagoguery”.
Let’s 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.
[I] Taking Jackson’s Remarks out of Context
From a Tweet by you on March 16:
“Judge Jackson has opined there may be a type of ‘less-serious child pornography offender.’ … ’A ‘less-serious’ child porn offender?”
The FACTS: She opined no such thing. She was simply asking questions about it.
[II] Mischaracterizing the USSC’s Work
From another Tweet by you on March 16:
“As 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.”
Two critical FACTS you chose to elide:
[1] The USSC is bipartisan, as no more than four members of the seven-member USSC can be from one party.
… and
[2] The recommendations you criticized were unanimously approved.
[III] Distorting Judge Jackson’s Record
In your long Twitter thread of March 16, you list a number of cases purportedly claiming that Judge Jackson did not meet sentencing recommendations.
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.
In addition to ignoring the FACTS, you also chose to ignore what U.S. probation officers had recommended in these cases.
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.
Your entire toxic pornography obsession consisted of very weakly-presented misinformation that relied on cherry-picked elements of Judge Jackson’s record that were taken out of context, distorted and mischaracterized. And it fell like a house of cards under the slightest of scrutiny.
Bottom line: You should be ashamed of yourself. I know that the good citizens of Missouri are ashamed to have you as a senator for our state.
GROW UP!
Respectfully,
[NAME]
[CITY]
PS: After your raised-fist salute to the traitorous insurrectionist on January 6, 2021, rest assured that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics from his Tony Award-winning smash Broadway musical “Hamilton” apply to you:
“WELL, HE’S NEVER GOING TO BE PRESIDENT NOW!”
