‘Will He Make A Similar Pledge?’: CBS Reporter Presses Psaki On Biden Appointing Asian-American, LGBTQ American To SCOTUS

CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang asked press secretary Jen Psaki whether President Joe Biden was willing to make a pledge to appoint an Asian-American or a member of the LGBTQ community to the Supreme Court.

During Wednesday’s press briefing, Jiang noted Biden’s promise to continue to diversify the high court — and his campaign pledge to fill the first possible vacancy with a black woman. Since Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s imminent retirement has given Biden the chance to fulfill that promise, Jiang asked whether the president had considered making similar pledges to the communities that had not yet seen representation in SCOTUS robes.