Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., in a letter to the editor published in the Wall Street Journal blasted the paper’s editorial board for dismissing concerns about Thomas Farr, a judicial nominee with a track record of support for voter suppression schemes:
“I am saddened that in the editorial ‘Democrats and Racial Division’ (Dec. 1) you attempt to deflect the concerns regarding Thomas Farr’s nomination to the federal bench. While you are right that his nomination should be seen through a wider lens, the solution isn’t simply to decry ‘racial attacks.’”
(As an aside, it is quite a statement about an editorial page that has become more akin to Fox News apologists than a defender of conservative principles.