White House press secretary Jen Psaki erroneously spelled Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s name in a tweet commemorating her selection on Friday, writing “Kentaji” instead.
“There is a lot of upsetting and challenging news in the world right now, but today there is also huge news to celebrate. We can’t wait to see you on the Supreme Court—Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson,” Psaki wrote on Friday.
The correct spelling of Jackson’s first name was written on the White House post that was quote-tweeted by the press secretary.
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There is a lot of upsetting and challenging news in the world right now, but today there is also huge news to celebrate. We can’t wait to see you on the Supreme Court–Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson https://t.co/evASdnaEq0
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) February 25, 2022
Psaki was not the only public figure to make the simple spelling mistake over President Joe Biden’s newly named Supreme Court nominee, who will become the first black woman on the highest court if she is approved by the Senate.
In fact, simply searching Twitter under the query “Kentaji” reveals a litany of figures who failed to proofread.
Florida’s 12th Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Service Nikki Fried celebrated her “fellow Miami Palmetto Senior HS alum” in a tweet, also writing that she commends “Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson, on this historic and well-deserved SCOTUS nomination!”
Separately, a candidate running for Florida’s 10th Congressional District, Willie Montague, also made the spelling error in a tweet on Friday.
“Can someone confirm if Kentaji Brown Jackson voted for Biden? We’re trying to find out if she’s Black or not,” Montague asked.
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Jackson, 51, grew up in Miami, Florida, and used her nomination speech on Friday to commend her family’s upbringing of her, speaking highly of her father Johnny Brown, who later became an attorney for the Miami-Dade School Board, and her mother, Ellery Brown, who was a principal at New World School of the Arts, a public high school with a magnet program.
“I am truly humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination, and I am especially grateful for the care that you have taken in discharging your constitutional duty in service of our democracy with all that is going on in the world today,” Jackson said at a press conference with Biden Friday afternoon.
