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Booker brought Jackson to tears with an emotional speech about the plight of Black Americans and the efforts of their forebears that led Booker and Jackson to be sitting together in the same Senate hearing room.

It's hard for me to not look at you and not see my mom. One of my cousins had to come here and sit behind you. She had to support you. Booker said that he saw his ancestors and his sister. Don't worry. God has something for you. How do I know that? I know what it takes for you to sit in that seat.

Booker said that you have earned this spot. You are an American.

The fourth Black person elected to the U.S. Senate, Booker recalled that when he first arrived in the Capitol a decade ago, some Black members of the cleaning staff would hug him after hours.

Jackson, who spent much of the last two days defending her nomination to the high court, reached across the witness table in the room and pulled a tissue from the pack.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wipes away tears as she listens to Senator Cory Booker.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson listens to Sen. Cory Booker on the third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings in Washington on Wednesday. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)

The Black men and women who helped pave the way for Jackson were cited throughout Booker's monologue. He talked about how Tubman went back to save other slaves after she escaped slavery, establishing a network of safe houses. Tubman would look at the night sky for a star that was a beacon of hope.

I thought about her. She never stopped looking up even after what they did to her. Booker said that the star was a sign of hope. You are a sign of hope. The country is getting better and better. I'm going to be happy when you ascend on to the highest court in the land.

The mood in the hearing room seemed to be affected by Booker's role in the proceedings. The only Black member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he used his time to put the attacks made against Jackson's past sentencing decisions or briefs written as an attorney in a different light than the one employed by his Republican colleagues.

Senator Cory Booker holds a fist to his chest as he speaks at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing.
Sen. Cory Booker at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on Wednesday. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)

Booker said that the GOP attacks were a new low, especially the claim that Jackson went easy on child pornography defendants. The court that you were put on is considered the second most powerful court in the land. You received bipartisan support. Nobody brought it up. Did they not do their homework?

The hearing room was quiet during Booker's remarks. Booker was offered a hug by John Kennedy after he finished the hearing. Booker embraced Jackson's parents.

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