On a questionnaire for her Supreme Court nomination, Jackson listed her membership in D.C.’s exclusive Cosmos Club — and some Republicans seized on it.
sought to wield Jackson’s club membership against her credibility, citing it as one of “multiple groups that raise questions about her judgment and how she would rule on the Supreme Court.” The RNC referred to the Cosmos Club specifically as “a private D.C. club of the Washington elite.
”It’s true that the club, founded in 1878, has welcomed a number of high-society members during its long history, including presidents, diplomats and noted writers. But those familiar withand well-accomplished. It’s a relic of old Washington, a place for members to gather, eat and celebrate.— a past that Jackson’s own membership, as a Black woman, underscores.What to know
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