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Republicans Help Ketanji Brown Jackson Answer ‘What is a Woman?’

Last month, when Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) went fishing for a “gotcha” question to ask Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, she really thought she’d found one when Jackson declined her request to define “what is a woman,” by replying she was “not a biologist.”   This set the stage for tons of mockery from Republicans.   Marjorie Taylor Greene offered a Biblical explanation with “This is an easy answer. We’re a creation of God. We came from Adam’s rib. God created us with his hands. We may be the weaker sex — we are the weaker sex, but we are our partner - we are our husband’s wife.”   Then, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) proclaimed “Science isn’t Burger King; you can’t just ‘have it your way.’   Take notes, Madame Speaker.   I’m about to define what a woman is for you.   X chromosomes, no tallywhacker.   It’s so simple.”   Finally, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) chimed in that a woman was “Someone who can give birth to a...