House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is taking aim at Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.
During a press conference Thursday, Jeffries was asked about reports that Alito flew “various flags of conservative nature” outside his homes and whether it was appropriate.
“Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are totally out of control,” the New York Democrat claimed. “These individuals continue to detonate the credibility of the United States Supreme Court.”
He went on:
“In the case of Samuel Alito, he definitively needs to recuse himself from any matter pending before the United States Supreme Court that has to do with the January 6th violent insurrection.”
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Alito has faced criticism after The New York Times published a report about an incident in 2021 when his wife, Martha-Anna Alito, flew the American flag upside-down at their Virginia home. And on Wednesday, the paper reported Alito flew a “Pine Tree Flag” — a flag that dates back to the American Revolution — outside his vacation home in New Jersey.
Alito has said his wife flew the American flag upside down after a confrontation with a neighbor.
However, there has been an attempt to link the display to rioters on Jan. 6.
Additionally, there have also been attempts to link the so-called “Pine Tree Flag” or the “Appeal to Heaven” flag to Jan. 6 as some rioters were seen carrying it that day, despite the flag being in existence for over 200 years.
