Joe Biden Calls Out Samuel Alito's Upside-Down Flag-Flying Shenanigans During Campaign Event
Biden sounds a note of caution, saying that the fact that Trump could appoint another Alito to the Supreme Court is 'one of the scariest parts.'
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The next president is likely to have two new Supreme Court nominees. Two more. [Trump’s] already appointed two that have been very negative in terms of rights of individuals.
The idea that, if he’s reelected, he’s going to appoint two more flying flags upside down is really… I think it is one of the scariest parts of it.
— President Joe Biden, in comments given during a star-studded campaign event this past weekend, where he alluded to Justice Samuel Alito’s upside-down flag-flying incident, a symbol used by insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6, that the Supreme Court justice later blamed on his wife, Martha-Ann Alito.
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