Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau was troubled by the way President Trump fired back at Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ criticism, and remembered a time when he thinks the former president was much more respectful:
Remember when Obama politely said that he disagreed with the Citizens United ruling during a State of the Union and Official Washington lost its mind because the Justices happened to be in attendance?
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 21, 2018
Jay Caruso doesn’t remember it exactly that way, remember one event in particular:
Politely? He lied about the ruling with SCOTUS seated in the audience and in front of millions of people. The only politeness was exhibited by the court members who didn’t get up and walk out. https://t.co/PSr4RXKqDr
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 21, 2018
Not even Politifact could find wiggle room for Obama on that one. https://t.co/8kbUX3GYKG
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 21, 2018
What Politifact calls “exaggeration,” we on planet earth call “bullshit.”
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 21, 2018
Favreau joined in and tried to make Obama’s SCOTUS scold not seem so bad:
Yeah Jay it’s a good thing we haven’t had any problems with unlimited spending from unknown sources influencing our elections. Great call. https://t.co/kgh5rWm1mt
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 21, 2018
Just want to get this straight: the great offense here is that Obama publicly agreed with Justice Stevens’ dissent and asked Congress to pass a law to remedy the situation.
What a tyrant!
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 21, 2018
Jon, don't deflect. Obama accused SCOTUS reversed law that made it legal for "foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections." That simply is not true. It was not a "polite" disagreement. It was nonsense. And you know it. https://t.co/iiFl2qyPcE
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 21, 2018
Hey Jay – maybe read the link you sent me. Obama said he believed that would happen, which is exactly what Justice Stevens said he believed would happen in his dissenting opinion. https://t.co/DdU9CYcRtk
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 21, 2018
Then he should have just said that instead of accusing the court of doing something it did not do.
*Staples easy button* https://t.co/Vldcw7IYdq
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 21, 2018
Nope. Didn’t accuse. Said he believed the decision would lead to that kind of spending. Which is exactly what Stevens said.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 21, 2018
Yes, he did accuse.
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 21, 2018
Well, everyone else has access to the actual speech and the actual decision, so I’ll let them decide. Have a great Thanksgiving.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 21, 2018
Gonna leave this here. The arrows refer to what Alito was talking about when he mouthed, "That's not true." And it wasn't. Simple as that. pic.twitter.com/Mg2YFfnWQ3
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 21, 2018
Fair enough. Here’s the clip in question:
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include an additional tweet.
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