Durbin defends Biden for announcing SCOTUS pick will be Black woman: 'They have been put to the test'
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Sunday defended President Biden for announcing last week that his nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court would be a Black woman.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the fourth days of hearing on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. President Biden looks on. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the retirement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The retirement of Breyer is giving Biden a chance to fill the vacancy with the court's first Black woman and setting up a confirmation showdown in the Senate. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"I’m going to trust his judgment on this," Durbin told ABC host George Stephanopoulos Sunday. "I don’t want to put the finger on the scale for any one of the nominees."