Here’s a tweet that caught our eye this morning, although it’s since been deleted. As we’ve reported, Jen Psaki made what’s sure to be a much-quoted soundbite during Tuesday’s press briefing when asked about the protests outside of Supreme Court justice’s homes. She noted the protests have been peaceful and “we certainly continue to encourage that outside of judges’ homes.” Hold on: Does the Biden administration encourage mostly peaceful protests outside justices’ homes, or did she mean, “with the exception of judges’ homes” we encourage peaceful protests? It’s pretty obviously the former.
Principled conservatives like Bill Kristol and Democrats like Paul Begala got raked over the coals Monday for suggesting that protesting outside of people’s homes is a bad move and “politically counterproductive.”
As we were saying though, Reuters reporter Lawrence Hurley, who covers the Supreme Court, made the point Tuesday that the anti-abortion March for Life ends with a protest in front of the Supreme Court every year, including this year:
The point being?
Not the homes of the Justices, you hack. https://t.co/1wcSaPkEJv
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 10, 2022
Not outside of Justices Homes, though, you liberal moron. https://t.co/wlzmCNKyAu
— Jeff Cox (@wxfreak2689) May 10, 2022
As we said, that tweet was deleted.
I deleted a couple of tweets because a tweet I RT'd was part of a longer thread that I hadn't read in full
— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) May 10, 2022
Knee jerk tweeting without thinking things through. Congrats
— h (@Hbetyea) May 10, 2022
We can’t tell for sure which thread he was replying to, but it was from this person, who had thoughts on putting pressure on the Court:
There is nothing, nothing at all wrong with bringing public pressure predicated on constitutional disagreement to bear on the Court. It’s deeply rooted in the nation’s history and traditions. I’ll spare you the Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt quotes.
— Evan Bernick (@evanbernick) May 10, 2022
I am also NOT endorsing the protests. But this is a very bad way of criticizing them and reveals a deeper, persistent problem in left thinking about the Court as the literal embodiment of the Rule of Law.
— Evan Bernick (@evanbernick) May 10, 2022
(I fully expect this to be taken in bad faith as an endorsement anyway. Oh well.)
— Evan Bernick (@evanbernick) May 10, 2022
Why not endorse the protests in front of the justices’ homes? Even the White House seems to encourage it.
Related:
Cartoonist says don’t listen to Bill Kristol, go to people’s homes and churches and make them uncomfortable https://t.co/QVPr9kqeIM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 9, 2022
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