Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and Sens. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, and Susan Collins, of Maine, said earlier this week that they will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Then GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called them “pro-pedophile” in a Twitter rant.
"Any Senator voting to confirm #KJB is pro-pedophile just like she is. There are MANY more qualified black women judges, that actually can define what a woman is, but Biden chose the one that protects evil child predators," Greene wrote in a series of tweets.
Why it matters
Chris Karpowitz, co-director for the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University, said using Supreme Court nominations to score partisan points harms the court itself.
"This kind of extreme and overheated rhetoric only makes the nominations process more dysfunctional by needlessly politicizing the debate, leaving little room for anyone to recognize nominees of character, thoughtfulness and experience from the other side of the aisle," Karpowitz said.
Those on both sides of the issue have referenced potential consequences in reelection campaigns.
"If voters reward this sort of ugly and destructive politics, then we will see more of it, but our constitutional system will be the poorer for it," Karpowitz said of Greene's rhetoric.
Donald Trump Jr. also weighed in on Twitter.
"If you’re mad at RINOs like Mitt Romney & Lisa Murkowski for caving to the left on KBJ, don’t just complain, make them pay at the ballot box," he wrote.
Read more perspectives on Romney, Murkowski and Collins' support of Jackson, as well as Greene's rhetoric.
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