Late night hosts contrast Ketanji Brown Jackson's high approval, 'hissy-fitting' from 3 GOP senators

The third day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson "was another day of grandstanding and speechmaking and hissy-fittting in the Senate," Jimmy Kimmel said on Wednesday's Kimmel Live. "Fifty-eight percent of Americans support Judge Jackson's appointment to the Supreme Court. It is the most support a Jackson has had since Thriller came out."

Jackson "has said that the fact that she was even nominated shows how far we've come as a country, and so some of the Republican senators on the committee have been hard at work to show how far we haven't," Kimmel said. Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in particular have been "desperately trying to get a soundbite that might make it onto Fox News. Unfortunately for them, they made it here instead."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.