Jeffries calls on Alito to apologize for 'disrespecting' American flag
Source: The Hill
05/17/24 7:16 PM ET
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Friday to apologize for disrespecting the American flag.
Samuel Alito should apologize immediately for disrespecting the American flag and sympathizing with right-wing violent insurrectionists, Jeffries said in a statement in a press release Friday.
He must recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 election and [former President Trump,] the New York Democrat continued in the statement. Congress should immediately consider legislation to impose an ethical code of conduct on a runaway Supreme Court. The Constitution demands and the American people deserve more from a justice serving on the highest court in the land than baseless election denial.
Jeffries statement follows a Thursday report from The New York Times about an upside-down American flag that was flown at Alitos Alexandria, Va., home in January 2021. The upside-down American flag is a symbol connected to the Stop the Steal efforts that have a basis in inaccurate claims of election fraud.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4671438-jeffries-calls-on-alito-to-apologize-for-disrespecting-american-flag/
bucolic_frolic
(43,807 posts)Brilliant statement from Jeffries. What a political mind he has.
3Hotdogs
(12,574 posts)is the next State of the Union address.
Novara
(5,914 posts)You are clearly not unbiased and not able to do the job.
He should be impeached.
riversedge
(70,759 posts)lastlib
(23,512 posts)rurallib
(62,560 posts)as soon as I heard that bs story blaming me.
Captain Zero
(6,937 posts)and pregnant, so she can't come out to the cameras.
SamKnause
(13,167 posts)An apology from him would be worthless.
Hotler
(11,554 posts)tavernier
(12,490 posts)These types of men are the biggest weenies Ive ever seen! No pride, no backbone. Just an attitude that they are much smarter and more deserving than anyone else.
prodigitalson
(2,507 posts)the best recent example of such men is peter navarro, who for all his macho greenbay sweep sleeves rolled up posturing, hasn't stopped crying like a little titty baby about the slap on the wrist he got for ignoring a subpoena.
Kid Berwyn
(15,404 posts)Traitor Sammie Alito should apologize and resign.
paleotn
(18,076 posts)This guy is adjudicating what's constitutional and what's not, when he really doesn't like the document much. He's violating his oath and should be impeached.
niyad
(114,486 posts)be even better.
mysteryowl
(7,489 posts)I did too. I did it because I understood it meant our country was in crisis.
BumRushDaShow
(131,028 posts)But I think what people are missing here regarding what is coming from a newly emboldened Democratic leadership, is that they are pointing out and magnifying the hypocrisy of the GOP.
I.e., the GOP mantra - which includes calling themselves "patriots" and attacking protestors who would burn the flag, while they were making clothing from them, or walking on them like Shrub did years ago, while people like Stupidfuckidous were whining about why Obama didn't wear a flag pin to a debate, and then feigning a lack of any awareness of what else "Freedom of Speech" covers, is what is being highlighted.
Why some DUers miss this is beyond me.
Since these same asshats used to use the Gaston Flag at their events, let along some version of the Confederate Flag, having no real understanding of history, then I suppose this is something "different".
mysteryowl
(7,489 posts)I think we did it for maybe 4 years. Maybe it changed meaning with Jan 6th and became a Maga thing. They changed the meaning. Is that what you are saying? That make sense to me. They twist everything.
BumRushDaShow
(131,028 posts)like everything they do since they are lazy and lack any sense of originality, the GOP "co-ops" and redefines things to either benefit themselves or to trash others.
BOSSHOG
(37,288 posts)Was named for a slave owner. Dont tread on me I own human beings. Ive asked two men over the years who had Gadsden stickers on their trucks who is treading on you. They both said libruls. I asked one of the two how have you suffered by being tread on. That was the end of the conversation
LeftInTX
(26,106 posts)I was mostly rebelling against my parents! I was tired of being treaded on and grounded!!!
I probably bought my patch at the Army-Navy surplus.
BumRushDaShow
(131,028 posts)I remember seeing a bunch of parody versions including this one (that was a political cartoon) -
Basically when people started mocking their use (and misuse) of it, some finally got the message!
Martin68
(23,212 posts)we will change that weakness in the system. We'll put men in charge and take away all of women's rights.
FakeNoose
(33,215 posts)It would have meant more if we'd been told about the Alitos' flag back in January 2021, when it HAPPENED.
It's kind of hard to get worked up to an outrage about it now. (Why did the NYT wait 3 years?)
He's done so much more damage to the country since then anyway.
BumRushDaShow
(131,028 posts)He has been in there almost 20 years and doesn't care. No one would be able to impeach and remove him anyway. It would have been a distraction from what was eventually uncovered to be a sophisticated, multi-tiered plot to overthrow the government, and by then, he had 3 more loons to join him in his quest to reverse Roe v. Wade.
question everything
(47,741 posts)flying-skeleton
(704 posts)Not for a judge in the highest court in the land.
HE MUST RESIGN ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
😡😡😡😡😡
republianmushroom
(14,333 posts)Ethics (?), Alito, forget it.
HandmaidsTaleUntold
(287 posts)Retire from the human race.
EndlessWire
(6,652 posts)and report to the Trump criminal trial come Monday. At least we'd know.
oasis
(49,726 posts)marble falls
(58,372 posts)Deminpenn
(15,328 posts)and also after the invastion of Iraq, some Americans also flew the flag upside down.