Nation Net Movement correspondent Ari Melber joined  7 Days in America’s Carlos Watson and Arianna Huffington on Saturday, May 30. Melber discussed the accusations of racism toward Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Despite more Americans having a more positive view view of her than former President Bush’s nominees John Roberts and Samuel Alito, Sotomayor has been vilified by the GOP in a series of rants that even extended to Twitter. About the attacks, Melber says the Republicans are only hurting themselves. “I do think part of it appears more pronounced because there such a vacuum of leadership,” he says, “The conservative echo chamber that was once so feared and so influential has now become a bit of a crazy default location to get the so-called Republican view.”

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