told critics to lay off the Supreme Court following the revelation that an upside-down flag flew at the home of Justice’s 2020 presidential election victory ― was put up by Alito’s wife shortly after the attack on Congress as a result of a dispute with a neighbor.“It seems to me there are nonstop attacks on the Supreme Court, week after week after week, so I’m not going to dignify that with a response,” McConnell told reporters at his weekly news conference Tuesday.
But when asked if he would ever fly the U.S. flag upside down, something that has been widely recognized as a symbol of distress, Thune shrugged and said, “I wouldn’t.”Other Republican senators chided Alito and said that the appearance of the upside-down flag at his home was ill-advised, regardless of whether it was put up by his wife.in both chambers of Congress have called on Alito to recuse himself from cases relating to the Jan.
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