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Black men are criminals. not every republican on the committee was worried about mathis' speeding tickets, not as worried as blackburn, for sure. here is senator john kennedy of louisiana. >> i have some experience with our department of motor vehicles in louisiana. i spent a year there one time trying to get my son's lost license renewed. i remember all -- i didn't bring any reading and i remember all they had were copies of popular mechanics from, like, 1997 or something to read. >> senator kennedy highlighted how mathis grew up in his local boys and girls club and now gives back to his comm...

Seriously. >> senator blackburn refers to your rap sheet, what she called it. well, if speeding tickets are a rap sheet, i've got one too. >> i laughed with my staff that i have a rap sheet now, probably much longer than the witness's. i was pulled over quite a few more times than they were. and we all knew what it was about. especially back in those days coming over from washington heights if you were driving with a gw bridge and my brother and i used to think we were black, we would prepare for being pulled over. and sometimes i was pulled over for going 3 miles over the speed limit. >> sena...

Not disregard it. if mr. mathis thought he was above the law before, imagine how he'll conduct himself if he's confirmed as a federal judge. i cannot in good conscience support the nomination. >> mathis says he must have put the tickets in his glove box and forgotten about them and he doesn't remember being notified that his license had been suspended. he says when he learned of his license being suspended, he fixed it. at his hearing, he took blackburn's concerns seriously and gave an emotional response. >> i highly regret that i'm in this situation. i feel like i have embarrassed my family. ...