[See NewsBusters for more.] On Tuesday's At This Hour, CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip told host Kate Bolduan on Tuesday that the reason some Republicans "are willing to villainize" the idea of a black woman Supreme Court justice is because that is what fires up the party's base.
Phillip proclaimed that, "Race is an incredibly powerful motivator for the Republican Party base right now. It is very effective to use race to rile up their voters who believe that they are themselves, the non-white part of the Republican base, being discriminated against."