| | [[File:Chuck Schumer.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Democrat Senate Leader Chuck Schumer threatened Justices Gorsuch and Kavanagh.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/03/04/chuck-schumer-issues-a-threat-against-kavanuagh-gorsuch-you-will-pay-a-price-n2563181</ref>]] | | [[File:Chuck Schumer.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Democrat Senate Leader Chuck Schumer threatened Justices Gorsuch and Kavanagh.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/03/04/chuck-schumer-issues-a-threat-against-kavanuagh-gorsuch-you-will-pay-a-price-n2563181</ref>]] |
| − | *Senate Democrat Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] threatened Supreme Court Justices Bret Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch during a speech at a pro-abortion rally: “I want to tell you Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price.” “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/04/democrat-senator-chuck-schumer-threatens-supreme-court-justices-chief-justice-roberts-responds/ Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer Threatens Supreme Court Justices – Chief Justice Roberts Responds...]</ref> In response, Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] admonished Schumer for his comments, pointing out that such comments from government officials are both inappropriate and dangerous, while Republican Senator Josh Hawley announced plans to file a motion to censure Schumer in the Senate for his open threats against Kavanagh and Gorsuch, and even fellow Democrats criticized Schumer for his comments.<ref>[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/05/gop-sen-hawley-puts-motion-to-censure-schumer-over-scotus-threats-on-the-fast-track-894069 GOP Sen. Hawley puts motion to censure Schumer over SCOTUS threats on the fast-track]</ref> Rather than apologize, Schumer tried to double down and distract from the controversy by making [[moral equivalence]] attacks against President Trump for his admonishment of liberal Justices [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] and [[Sonia Sotomayor]] for their partisan behavior on the bench, then tweeted a selectively-edited video of his speech where he conveniently left out his public threats against Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, which in turn drew massive criticism against him on his Twitter account (including some posters calling for Schumer's resignation and arrest for his public threats against the conservative judges).<ref>[https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1235280512375312384 Chuck Schumer: "We’re here to send a message: Not on our watch!"] at Twitter</ref> | + | *Senate Democrat Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] threatened Supreme Court Justices Bret Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch during a speech at a pro-abortion rally: “I want to tell you [[Neil Gorsuch|Gorsuch]], I want to tell you [[Kavanaugh]]: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price.” “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/04/democrat-senator-chuck-schumer-threatens-supreme-court-justices-chief-justice-roberts-responds/ Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer Threatens Supreme Court Justices – Chief Justice Roberts Responds...]</ref> In response, Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] admonished Schumer for his comments, pointing out that such comments from government officials are both inappropriate and dangerous, while Republican Senator Josh Hawley announced plans to file a motion to censure Schumer in the Senate for his open threats against Kavanagh and Gorsuch, and even fellow Democrats criticized Schumer for his comments.<ref>[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/05/gop-sen-hawley-puts-motion-to-censure-schumer-over-scotus-threats-on-the-fast-track-894069 GOP Sen. Hawley puts motion to censure Schumer over SCOTUS threats on the fast-track]</ref> Rather than apologize, Schumer tried to double down and distract from the controversy by making [[moral equivalence]] attacks against President Trump for his admonishment of liberal Justices [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] and [[Sonia Sotomayor]] for their partisan behavior on the bench, then tweeted a selectively-edited video of his speech where he conveniently left out his public threats against Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, which in turn drew massive criticism against him on his Twitter account (including some posters calling for Schumer's resignation and arrest for his public threats against the conservative judges).<ref>[https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1235280512375312384 Chuck Schumer: "We’re here to send a message: Not on our watch!"] at Twitter</ref> |