Josh Hawley Doubles Down on Ketanji Brown Jackson Smear, Emboldening Conspiracy Theorists

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Hawley is going all in on the misleading claim that Jackson is particularly lenient toward child predators, and the alt-right is eating it up.

, far-right platforms and QAnon conspiracy theorists have repeated Hawley’s accusations in an apparent attempt to tie Jackson to a larger conspiracy that portrays the Democratic Party as a satanic and pedophiliac cabal—one that gained national prominence in 2016 when a gunman entered a D.C. pizza joint alleging high-ranking Democratic officials were using the restaurant for a child sex ring. Yahoo News and YouGov conducted aHawley cited Jackson’s time with the bipartisan U.S.

that she “advocated for drastic change in how the law treats sex offenders by eliminating the existing mandatory minimum sentences for child porn.” This appears to be a reference to a 2012 report published by the bipartisan commission, according towherein it unanimously recommended lowering mandatory minimums for two types of child-porn offenses without eliminating all statutory mandatory minimums. Additionally, among the U.S.

 

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Josh Hawley didn't write Ketanji Jackson's answer when Dick Durbin asked her about it, where she said she and other judges knew the laws were out of date and were adjusting the punishments to where they should be. That was her reaction to a friendly questioner, and it's scary.

This is what the propaganda machine wants😡😡😡😡😡

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