Kavanaugh assassination attempt

 Unbelievable.....left wing radical threatens a SCOTUS judge & lib networks barely mention it? Oh, but Jan. 6th, jan. 6th, jan. 6th., etc.

Think back to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s incendiary comments about the Supreme Court in 2020. Speaking to a crowd of enraged activists, Schumer poured gasoline on the fire, shouting that Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would "pay the price" for refusing to rule the way liberals wanted. "You won’t know what hit you," Schumer raged.

A stunning example of a high-ranking political leader openly threatening members of another branch of government.

Similarly, Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised left-wing activists for channeling "their righteous anger into meaningful action." Joe Biden condoned this rhetoric by refusing to condemn it, illustrating that he’s comfortable with calls to violence from his party’s leadership.

 This week, a deranged left-winger came dangerously close to following Schumer’s orders. 

This is a widespead pattern. Just a few weeks ago, when asked if he condoned protests at the homes of justices, Schumer answered "yes." When asked a similar question, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki refused to condemn the threatening protests, saying "I know that there’s an outrage right now." She was speaking for Joe Biden and refusing to defuse an obviously dangerous situation. Pelosi also dodged the question and refused to condemn the protests – but then again, this is the same person who suggested there should be "uprisings all over the country" in 2018 because she disagreed with President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.  Pelosi praised the takeover of Wisconsin State Capitol Building in 2011.

Showing up at someone’s private residence to harass and intimidate them into carrying out your political agenda is unacceptable. Violent rioting is unacceptable. Political violence is unacceptable.  

Democrats’ comfort with violent rhetoric and conduct should disappoint you, but it shouldn’t surprise you. 

I don't see what the big deal is.

1. The assailant didn't have any political affiliation, so calling him a "left-wing radical" is just conjecture.

2. There were two guys with guns stationed outside of the home. Kavanaugh was never in danger.

3  The assailant, probably at the sight of the two good guys with guns but maybe in a moment of clarity, of sanity, called the police on himself. He could've just walked away and it would've never been a story. The "threat" to Kavanaugh is only an implied threat, after the fact. It's not like he was sending, "I'll kill you..." letters to the residence prior.

You're right though. It should've been a bigger story. I don't watch cable "news" networks 24/7, or even 24 seconds, in any given day so I don't know what they cover. If you are spending that much time tracking their content and coverage, more power to you.  I do know cable "news" networks are all extremely biased so none of it would shock me.

The bottom line Stu is YOU DO NOT INTIMIDATE AND THREATEN JUDGES OR JURY MEMBERS, PERIOD!!!! 

THE LEFT KNOWS NO BOUNDS, THE LAW APPEARS TO BE MEANINGLESS TO THOSE POLITICAL LEADERS. "THE END JUDTIFIES THE MEANS". MOB RULE!

Going to someone's private home and intimate intimidating their family is a third world tactic.

Here is what I stand for; https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-slam-mob-aggressive-confrontation-nancy-pelosi/story?id=58633524

NOT THIS; https://www.theintell.com/story/opinion/2021/01/24/lte-when-nancy-pelosi-praised-storming-capitol/6656787002/

@StumpTownStu

Homes, restaurants, national parks, etc. -- they do not, and are getting bolder each day! 

Do you watch "lib networks"? How would you know they didn't mention it? 

CNN did a whole segment on this threat the day it occurred. You sir are full of $hit as usual. Just here to make divisive threads for no reason. 

This explains the issue somewhat better:

If someone attempts to murder a Supreme Court justice, but corporate media barely covers it, did it actually happen?

Sure, most outlets covered the news of the arrest of man who, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, arrived at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home, armed with a “tactical knife, a pistol with two magazines and ammunition, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar, pistol light, [and] duct tape,” per the Justice Department. 

But after reporting the basic facts—that the suspect’s name was John Nicholas Roske, that he had been deterred by the sight of two deputy marshals outside Kavanaugh’s home—America’s journalists didn’t seem to rush into any analysis.

Because, of course, when it comes to political violence in the United States today, here’s a maxim you can always rely on: If the victim or likely victim is on the right, the perpetrator is simply a lone wolf. But if the victim or likely victim is on the left, the perpetrator was fueled by dangerous rhetoric.

Doubt me? Just consider how when then-Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in 2011, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was blamed for inciting violence with a map with a series of political targets—despite there being zero evidence tying Giffords’ shooter to Palin.

Yet in 2017, when a gunman shot five people at a Republican lawmakers’ practice baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia, there was little in the way of a national conversation.

It looks like 2017, not 2011, is the road map for what will happen in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Kavanaugh, despite there being clear evidence Kavanaugh’s would-be shooter was motivated by politics. As noted in the criminal complaint, Roske told police “he was upset about the leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to abortion as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.”

In light of Roske’s motivation, it seems relevant to remember the remarks of then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in 2020 when, amid a discussion of abortion, he said in part, “I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price.” It seems just a smidgen pertinent that in May, then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused to condemn the protests outside of Supreme Court justices’ homes, which started after the leaked draft of a high court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

And yeah, it seems, oh, the teeniest bit germane that the Women’s March (a favorite leftist protest) has called for a “summer of rage.”

But don’t hold your breath waiting to see these sound bites play nonstop on media.

Making the hypocrisy of the whole situation even more evident is tonight’s prime-time hearings on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which will likely focus on whether President Donald Trump’s remarks helped incite the riot. Not only are Democrats focusing on this, but three major broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) are giving up their most valuable TV hours to cover this hearing.
So, let’s take a step back.

We right now have regular protests at Supreme Court justices’ homes. Here at The Daily Signal, we’ve covered protests in recent weeks at the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett, and of course, Kavanaugh. At Barrett’s home alone, there have been at least five protests, complete with people swearing and using profanities in front of neighborhood children.

Mind you, these justices don’t live in swanky communities, in opulent homes set far away from the street and surrounded by high, secure fences. No, Alito, Roberts, Barrett, and Kavanaugh live in regular neighborhoods, in typical suburban homes.

And yet, the response to this insane invasion of their privacy and security has been … crickets.

Sure, the justices have been given some additional security. But where is the outrage from top liberal lawmakers and activists? Where are the calls for people to remember that at the end of the day, no matter how vehemently we disagree on certain policies, we are all Americans who should be working together to resolve our differences?
Where is the outcry that basic human decency is being violated by this harassment and intimidation of our judges?

If people want to protest the Supreme Court (and as someone who has held Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided for decades, I get that sentiment), you are welcome to protest outside the Supreme Court. There is a public place available to make your views clear.

But going to homes is beyond the pale, and what’s more, it’s illegal. As my Heritage Foundation colleagues John Malcolm and Zack Smith wrote for The Daily Signal, a federal law states:

Whoever, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge … in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades … in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge … shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

(The Daily SIgnal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

Yet not a single protester has been arrested or charged. Attorney General Merrick Garland seems unconcerned, as do local prosecutors, about the fact that protesting at Supreme Court justices’ homes is becoming habitual.

And while Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the No. 2 Senate Democrat, called for protesters to “stay away from homes and families,” his admonition has been the exception, not the norm, among liberals.

On Wednesday night, fewer than 24 hours since Roske showed up at Kavanaugh’s home—with gun and knife and hammer and everything else in hand—protesters came to Kavanaugh’s home.

And of course, there were no arrests.

Nor did the group even seem to be concerned about the possibility that they might be asked to follow the law or face the consequences, instead blithely tweeting about their plans.

Do liberal elites want us to spiral into some kind of banana republic, where we have to keep our Supreme Court justices trapped in estates girded by federal security?

Kavanaugh doesn’t deserve this. Nor do Alito, Barrett, Roberts, or any of the other justices, or for that matter, their families.

Nor is it only justices who are affected. Pregnancy care centers across the nation have been vandalized, just for the sin of supporting women facing unexpected pregnancies. In Wisconsin, a Molotov cocktail was tossed into a center, and the words “if abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either” ominously spray-painted on its walls. In Buffalo, New York, a pregnancy center was firebombed just this week.

Let’s have spirited debates. Let’s talk about whether an unborn child with her own unique DNA is a clump of cells or a person. Let’s discuss the right way to uphold the Second Amendment and keep our schools safe.

But we cannot have this.

Here’s the reality: Corporate media and liberal lawmakers probably aren’t going to rush to highlight the horrific assassination attempt on Kavanaugh. They know that moderates will be horrified to discover how commonplace it has become for Supreme Court justices to face protests at home. (Notice how little coverage the corporate media has given to these protests, despite the fact that they are publicly announced ahead of time.) And they don’t want to risk alienating the extremists on their own side by focusing on this.

So, forward we go, with the double standard firmly in place. That’s bad for America—and frankly, unjust to Kavanaugh, whose only crime has been to be true to the courage of his judicial convictions.

@Raiders22

Bill Maher is the man. The funny thing is you Trump loving Republicans do not even realize he is California liberal who despises Trump. 

Maher is a prime example of a Democrat who calls out the BS on the left, like many of us do. 

Everyone knows Maher is a bigtime liberal. He's only recently started calling out the leftist bullshit. It's done so infrequently it's refreshing to see all leftist aren't zombie cultist like most act. 

@Raiders22

 Pure conjecture. You see, once upon a time people though for themselves in this country. They made their own decisions on issues and didn't just simply toe a party line. Now I realize times have changed but you can't simply say, "He was against Roe v. Wade being overturned so that must automatically mean he's left wing."

I personally have some believes that would make me look like a Bernie Sanders "socialist" Democrat, and believes that would paint me as a Tea Party-esque "Nationalist" Republican. I'm Conservative leaning but I have no party affiliation. Though I am technically registered as a Republican, I don't vote down ballot. We have gotten so deep into a flawed two party system in this country that a person can be labeled by their opinion on single issues. That's not real life.

And Jarrett he does point out when he thinks someone on the left is wrong.He said he thought Hillary obstructed justice in the email scandal,and even on this weeks show he said something about hollywood having some responsibilities for America's fascination with guns.

@Raiders22

 A group of 31 far-right extremist loaded into a U-Haul wearing tactical gear heading to attack a gay pride parade. Did Fox News cover this story? Did they bury it? I don't watch cable news, not do I follow "the people that cover it for a living" and point such things out. There are people that cover, wait for it, the coverage? That, my friend, is a problem in and of itself. Cable News isn't news. CNN nor Fox News, are not News networks. To hold them up to some journalistic integrity standard is completely asinine. It's all agenda driven political b.s. but the thing is IT'S ALL POLITICALLY DRIVEN B.S. And so many people point fingers, "Well, this side X,Y,Z" "Well, this side yadda, yadda, yadda." It's all b.s.

Now to be clear, though my original response may have came off this way, I don't take a threat to  SCOTUSJ lightly. They shouldn't live in fear for simply doing their jobs. So what are we going to do with this incident? Are we gonna talk about gun control? That seams to be a non-starter with the right? Are we going to talk about mental health? That seams to be a non-starter with the left. So really we just want to complain about a biased Cable network being biased? Got it. TV is the issue.

Do you know any rightwing radicals against RvW?  Just that part alone makes him Left wing to me and that would be me thinking for myself and not conjecture -- but simply using his own words.

Yep  never been a part guy either -- but I would have to admit out of the major ones and even most minor ones I know which one lines up better with my views AND for sure which one does not. 

@Raiders22

 Now it's a "horrific assassination attempt"? You make it sound like he shot up Kavanaugh's house. That people were hit. He got there, saw there was security, wimped out and and called police on himself. He was taken in without incident. I doubt Kavanaugh so much as stirred in his sleep before being awakened with the news. Now it's a "horrific assassination attempt". Got it.

Cool.  Just wanted to make sure that is the way you felt.  I know you don't think it is 'no big deal'.  Wish you had worded it differently is all.  I think most folks just have an issue with the way the media seems to look the other way when it is a leftwing nut doing stuff like harassing and threatening SC judges. 

So by your own words, people can't think for themselves on any issue. If you align with a party on one single issue, you are a part of that party. Got it. I'm learning so much.