Posted on 05/21/2024 8:16:49 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) slammed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for an American flag that flew upside down at his Virginia home in 2021, saying that despite tensions reportedly running high in the neighborhood at the time, it was “not good judgment” on Alito’s part.
“Emotions are apparently high in that neighborhood,” Graham told reporters Monday. “But no, it’s not good judgment to do that. He said his wife was insulted and got mad. I assume that to be true, but he’s still a Supreme Court justice, and people have to realize that [at] moments like that to think it through.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking member delivered the criticism of the conservative justice following a report from The New York Times last week, featuring a photo of the flag flying upside down outside Alito’s home.
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Exactly!!!
I remember her crying in the audience during his confirmation hearing because of some of the comments and questions he was receiving.
You tell her she’s a loose cannon.
It is an improper display of the flag, and thus disrespectful of it, to fly it upside down for any reason other than to request assistance with immediate physical danger. That means actual danger, not political disgruntlement or other forms of personal butthurt.
A lot of people, including quite a few on FR, seem to think that it’s OK to disrespect the flag as long as it’s done out of self-perceived patriotic motives. Strange logic.
Please primary Linda.
KR on Lindsey Graham: ‘Not good judgment’
“Meanwhile, no one ever asks why the US flag is CONSTANTLY being put at half-staff.”
I’m from Indiana. Our RINO Governor has the flag constantly at half mast just because someone’s dog died. I’m tired of it.
Yeah, "happy wife; happy life" thing. No biggie.
Funny how the left talk about admiring "strong, independent women"... but here, they're arguing that Justice Alito could simply dictate to his wife on whether that upside down flag went out or not.
Linda Graham is the GOP’s resident saboteur... always doing his darnedest to undermine the cause or to (figuratively) stab true conservatives in the back. John McCain taught his protege well...
The country is in a state of collapse, I’m thankful that a brave Supreme Court judge sees the danger.
Thank you for your input, nerd.
Just another clueless Boomercon midwit, wholly oblivious to the reality of the world in which he now lives.
Does Lindsey have to comment on every damn thing that happens?
One's spouse expressing a political opinion is protected by the First Amendment - anybody in the Senate remember that dusty old clause?
Why did he feel a response was mandatory? Or that obliging the media’s insatiable desire to create a GOP issue was even remotely a good idea.
If he needed to say anything, he could have deferred to Alito to explain. Nothing more.
You are most welcome. Always happy to help the mentally inept.
One’s personal unhappiness does not meet the standard of actual danger, unless one has the standards of a leftist snowflake.
Surely there’s a REAL conservative in South Carolina to primary this neo-con huckster.
Good question! He probably tells them what they want to hear and the dummies fall for it every time.
You'd think there would be plenty of real conservatives in South Carolina, but, perhaps like other conservatives, they lack the testosterone to do anything about this guy.
My neighbors were surprised to see my flag upside down, when “Zero” was elected. Why, because I’m a black man. Soon to be, 79 years young.
Exactly! That's why I don't have a problem with the flag being flown upside down.
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