Buttigieg Takes Veiled Shot At Samuel Alito’s Wife By Smearing Patriotic Flag As ‘Insurrectionist Symbology’

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday appeared to attack U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife by characterizing a flag she allegedly displayed as “insurrectionist symbology.”

Martha-Ann Alito allegedly displayed an upside-down American flag and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag outside of homes the couple own, both of which The New York Times claimed were associated with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Host John Berman asked Buttigieg on “CNN News Central” how he feels about Martha-Ann saying in a secret recording that she wants to “send … a message” to people flying Pride flags by flying a Christian flag, with the secretary drawing a contrast seeming to criticize the Supreme Court justice’s wife.

“Look, I’m often reminded that the most important thing in my life, which is my marriage and my family and the two beautiful children that my husband Chasten and I are raising, that that marriage only exists by the grace of a single vote on the United States Supreme Court that expanded our rights and freedoms back in 2015 and made it possible for somebody like me to get married,” Buttigieg said. “And Supreme Court justices have an unbelievable amount of power and by the nature and the structure of the Supreme Court, there’s no supervision over that power.”

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