Amid a break in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday night, Komanduri said on MSNBC's "The Beat" that Jackson was only being questioned about critical race theory because she is a black woman and claimed that questions on the subject were intended to cast her as a "black radical who is out to get white people."
He also said seeing Cruz press Jackson during the hearings felt like he was witnessing a "hate crime."
"It's really ugly," Komanduri said. "Quite frankly, it looked like I saw Ted Cruz commit a hate crime, in that hearing room. It was McCarthyism at its worst."
The guest commentator also asserted that Cruz and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) were attempting to stir up racial grievances against Jackson.
"He wants to gin up white grievance, him and Marsha Blackburn, the GOP want to gin up white grievance, ahead of the midterm and link Judge Jackson to that cause," he said. "It's really frankly was disgusting and ugly to watch."
Fellow guest Yodit Tewolde, who is a criminal defense attorney and a host of the Black News Channel, said Jackson is "overqualified" for the bench and endured unfair treatment based on her being a black woman. Tewolde alleged that "irrelevant and uninformed attacks" were launched against the nominee by "underqualified men."
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