Posted on 03/07/2020 6:29:08 AM PST by Kaslin
Just when you may have thought that the low quality of political rhetoric in Washington could not get any worse, along comes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to prove otherwise.
At a pro-choice demonstration outside the Supreme Court, which is considering a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, Schumer delivered what sounded to many ears like a physical threat to two of the court's conservative justices: "I want to tell you, (Neil) Gorsuch, I want to tell you, (Brett) Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price."
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement in which he said of Schumer's comments: "Statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous." Schumer responded that Roberts is "biased."
After heavy criticism, including denunciations from liberals such as Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, who called Schumer's comments "inexcusable," Schumer took to the Senate floor and offered a wimpy non-apology: "I should not have used the words I used yesterday. They did not come out the way I intended ... I'm from Brooklyn. We use strong language." He added he was in "no way" threatening the justices. He later "explained" he was talking about the price Republicans will pay at the polls if Gorsuch and Kavanaugh vote to uphold the Louisiana law.
If you watch the video, you see Schumer turning and pointing directly at the court building. It is difficult to accept either of his explanations.
The left regularly reminds us that words have consequences. They regularly condemn speech from conservative talk radio hosts they claim contributes to everything from racism to violence. But when they spew incendiary language it is fine with their fellow ideological travelers and much of the media. It's good to be a Democrat.
There is a law prohibiting, among other things, verbal threats against federal officials. It is known in the legal community as 18 U.S.C. (United States Code) Section 351. It states that it is a felony to threaten "all Federal employees ... when such threat is done with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with" such federal employee "while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against" such federal employee.
Schumer's comments clearly were meant to intimidate and even impede the court's deliberations on the Louisiana law. Otherwise, why did he make them? His fiery remarks were not made on the Senate floor and thus he is not protected by the immunity enjoyed by senators.
Schumer also resurrected the "war on women" label that Democrats have used in the past, hoping, no doubt, to scare suburban women especially into voting for Democratic candidates.
The real war on women is coming from Planned Parenthood and the left. Since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, sixty-one million babies have had their lives snuffed out before taking their first breath. Some politicians are fine with allowing babies to be killed when they are fully viable, and even in some cases should they survive an abortion. Forty-one Democratic senators voted against the "Born Alive Act," a bill that "would have required doctors to provide standard medical care to newborn infants who survive abortion procedures." The bill did not win a necessary 60-vote majority in order to pass.
Neither does one hear about the many women who have regretted their abortions and say they would have made a different choice had they seen a sonogram of their baby and been given more information about available alternatives.
Shame is something politicians in Washington abandoned long ago, but if it were to make a comeback, Schumer's remarks would be at the top of a list of bad examples.
Chuck is from Brooklyn.
So it’s OK.....
Chuck has NO shame.
Chuck Schumer has no shame. And no morals. He has spent his entire adult life in government, patiently climbing the rungs of power. He’s topped out now and feels he is invulnerable. I feel nothing but contempt for him.
And what century does Chuck U think this is?!?! “You have released the whirlwind...!!!” ?!?!?!? Who talks like that??? Maybe he’s one of those silly, overly dramatic Hollywood movie gunmen who will “reign his vengeance down upon you” with a memorized Bible Verse before he starts shooting. What an assclown!
He is from Brooklyn. And he is Jewish. Perhaps he should be doing his daily prayers over at the Chabad World Headquarters in Crown Heights. Perhaps he would learn about the “Ethics of our Fathers”, and actually bring that wisdom to Congress. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...
Schumer is a scheming weasel. I think he was trying to bait the justices and use any response as a pretext to recuse themselves from abortion cases.
These are the people who openly advocate assassination, who threaten the spread of Coronavirus at political rallies, among whom are satanists and witches who attempt to put hexes on their political opponents.
This is the "party" that has championed every evil from slavery, the ku klux klan, racism, and the Cherokee Trail of Tears to infanticide, illegal immigration, voter fraud, coup d'état, sexual perversion, and phony "impeachment."
Why would any one not expect them to attempt to intimidate judges? That's rather mild compared to the other barbarisms and savageries of which the Democrat Party is guilty.
Chunk Schumer poisoned the House and then the Senate with hyper-partisanship. All he wants to do is win. He is ruthless as he is slimy. He is a career politician who has never had a real job.
“Chuck is from Brooklyn.”
He said he was from Brooklyn and uses strong language (in his nasally sissy voice!)
Sociopaths have no shame, no conscience Cal. You’ve been around long enough...
https://johnquincy.blogspot.com/2012/01/psycho-labyrinth-of-psychopath-1-when.html
See something, say something.
“You have released the whirlwind...!!!”
If Trump had said that they would demand an apology to the people of Nashville !
People who worship the other god, not the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Whirlwind is Satans word.
This is what it is like to have the entire media establishment on your side. No way in hell a Republican would do this. Schmukie had no hesitation to rant like this. It never crossed his mind there would be serious consequences and there won’t be. The vote to censure a Republican would have already happened and that probably would not be the end of it.
Our Justice system is broken and corrupt.
I am from Queens, NYC, I am part Jewish and I am ashamed of the many Jews in the Democrat Party. I have worked with the Israel, IDF & IAF Jews and am darn proud to be with them.
But...USA, Democrat, Jews, Schumer, Nadler, Schiff, Wasserman -Schultz, etc. are nothing more then USA & Israel traitors, haters and turncoats....they would fit right in in the Germany of the 1930, 1940s where they would be right at home with Tyranny, Dictators & Despots!!! SAD days for American Jewry!!!
Chuck Schumer should be removed from office...period!!!
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