As Twitchy told you, earlier today, Democrat Patrick Leahy went after Fifth Circuit nominee Don Willett over a 2015 tweet in which Willett joked about marrying bacon.
I could support recognizing a constitutional right to marry bacon. pic.twitter.com/HKPW6tE4H6
— Judge Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) April 30, 2015
Commentary’s John Podhoretz rightly labeled Leahy “a shmo”:
Pat Leahy, you're a shmo. https://t.co/WnywLdaeo0
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 15, 2017
Leahy took great offense to that and immediately attempted to set the record straight:
John, if I may: A sitting state justice telling a transgender teenager to go away & equating marriage equality to marrying bacon (even in jest) is sending a clear message: Not all are welcome in his courtroom. And that's no laughing matter. https://t.co/jWrBkYODWh
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) November 15, 2017
He was really emphatic about this:
A sitting state justice telling a transgender teenager to go away & equating marriage equality to marrying bacon (even in jest) is sending a clear message: Not all are welcome in his courtroom. And that's no laughing matter.
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) November 15, 2017
A sitting state justice telling a transgender teenager to go away & equating marriage equality to marrying bacon (even in jest) is sending a clear message: Not all are welcome in his courtroom. And that's no laughing matter. https://t.co/X8CpCDQBK6
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) November 15, 2017
That’s not what Justice Willett was doing, Senator, but you do you.
No, you're taking a chance to take a political shot at what was obviously a joke. No one thought it was serious.
So it's your choice. Are you a humorless old man or are you a partisan hack who only cares about which party the nominee belongs to?
— Jon (@faroutmadman) November 15, 2017
Just shut up, you crusty old fart! Good lord- it's bacon, it's delicious. Many, many Americans have a lusty relationship with bacon! Get over your damn self! Good grief, one word- RETIREMENT. And it IS a laughing matter.
— shelley glover (@saglover64) November 15, 2017
Maybe Leahy’s still pissy that Willett wasn’t impressed with his vocabulary four years ago:
Weak sauce vs Scalia's "argle bargle." #SCOTUS MT“@daveweigel: Leahy, on GOP filibuster arguments: "Don't give me all this balderall!"”
— Judge Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) November 12, 2013
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