I said it in my role as advocate. An excuse by rhetorical advocacy? did you mean it? dodge question.

On 4/27/2022, The Republican senators characterized Abudu, Choudhury and Merle as extremist advocates. Kennedy questions Natasha C. Merle and Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) repeatedly pressed Merle about her statement in 2017 that “its inconsistent to denounce white supremacy but not repudiate voter ID law.” When she declined to say if she held that as a personal view, he said, “I don’t appreciate you dodging my question.”

Kennedy also sought to pin down Choudhury for a statement at a Princeton panel in 2015 that “the killing of unarmed Black men by police happens every day in America.” Choudhury responded she said it as “rhetorical advocacy.”

Kennedy: In 2015, you were on a panel at Princeton University. You said that the killing of unarmed black men by police happens every day in America. Did you say that?

Choudhury: Senator I don’t recall the statement but it is something I may have said in that context.

Kennedy: You think it happens every single day?

Choudhury: Senator, I believe in that — in that statement, I was making a comment in my role as an advocate and I was engaging in rhetorical advocacy which —

Kennedy: Do you believe that police officers kill unarmed black men every day? In America?

Choudhury: Senator, I believe the killing of unarmed citizens by law enforcement is tragic and I believe in that —

Kennedy: I think it’s tragic, too, but do you believe that — this was a really simple question, counselor — Do you believe that cops kill unarmed black man in America every single day? You said that at Princeton.

Choudhury: Senator, I said it in my role as an advocate —

Kennedy: You didn’t mean it?

Choudhury: Senator, I said it in my role as an advocate to make a rhetorical point —

Kennedy: So, so when you say something that’s incorrect, it’s okay to excuse it by saying, “Oh, I was being an advocate?” What do you believe? Do you personally believe that cops kill unarmed black men every single day in America?

Choudhury: Senator, I believe law enforcement have an important and challenging job in this country —

Kennedy: That’s not what you should though, counsel.

Choudhury: Senator, I say before you here today that I do believe law enforcement has a difficult and challenging job and I also understand the difference between —

Kennedy: I just think that’s an extraordinary statement to make with no data to back up. No — none whatsoever. There’s no basis for you saying that. And you knew it then and you know it now. How could someone possibly believe that you’re going to be unbiased on the federal bench.

Choudhury: Senator, I believe my record shows that I have worked collaboratively with …

When Senator Chuck Schumer proposed Nusrat Choudhury as a district judge in the Brooklyn-based Eastern District of New York, he tweeted that she would be “the 1st Bangladeshi American and the 2nd Muslim American to serve as a federal judge.” Biden’s press release on the announcement of the nomination of Choudhury touted how those choices “continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country.”

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I said it in my role as an advocate. An excuse by rhetorical advocacy? did you mean it? You dodging my question.