Cornell Rooker nomination fallout: the administration confronts a resurfaced transcript of racial-profiling remarks, sparking internal debate over defending vs withdrawing the nominee, political damage control, and accountability.
Cornell Rooker nomination fallout: the administration confronts a resurfaced transcript of racial-profiling remarks, sparking internal debate over defending vs withdrawing the nominee, political damage control, and accountability.
Events in This Arc
During debate prep Bartlet defensively doubles down on his support for Cornell Rooker, and when Sam presses him for an explanation the President snaps, “Cause bite me, that’s why.” The …
In a flashback inside the Oval, a domestic, almost banal moment—Bartlet and Mrs. Landingham picking art while he grumbles about signing opaque executive orders—is ruptured when Leo arrives and C.J. …
In a tense flashback in Leo's office the team absorbs the President's withdrawal of Cornell Rooker's nomination and Leo's grim accounting of collapsing approval ratings and lost African‑American support. The …