Joe Biden, who has eaten “carbs” according to the White House, threatened Supreme Court justices sitting a few feet away on the House floor during his State of the Union address Thursday night. Speaking about the court's ruling that put abortion back in the hands of the states, Biden looked the justices in the eye and crossed the line, but the threat was clear.
Six of the nine justices attended: Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy also attended.
Biden: “With all due respect, judges, women are not without electoral power! Excuse me, electoral or political power. “You're about to realize how much you've become (mumbles).”
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Joe Biden threatens the Supreme Court:
“With all due respect, judges, women are not without electrical power! Excuse me, electoral or political power. You are about to realize how much you are…”#Sold pic.twitter.com/KkZqS7OqI6
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 8, 2024
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President Biden directly addresses the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying they are “about to realize the extent” of the electoral and political power women have. He also pledged to make Roe “the law of the land again” if he gets congressional support. pic.twitter.com/SJzqd4Mni8
– CBS News (CBSNews) March 8, 2024
Four years ago, Senate Minority Leader and now Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) threatened Supreme Court justices over the abortion issue in a speech before the high court.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHsklEfhbGE
Liberal activists tried to intimidate conservative justices over the abortion bill through protests at their homes in the National Capital Region. Justice Brett Kavanaugh was targeted in a failed assassination attempt in 2022.
Biden's speech as prepared shows that the threat has been deflected. White House text:
Many of you in this room and my predecessors promise to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom.
God, what freedoms will she take next?
In its decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court majority wrote: “Women are not without—
Electoral or political power.”
No kidding.
Those who brag about overturning Roe v. Wade clearly have no idea about the power of women in America.
They discovered this when it was reproductive freedom
He was on the ballot and won in 2022 and 2023, and they'll find out again in 2024.
If Americans send me a pro-choice Congress, I promise I will make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again!
America cannot go backwards. And I'm here tonight to show the way forward. Because I know how far we've come.
