schumer's loud mouth

                               
    
                                                 By Florida Bill  
                        
                                                      Recently, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York attacked and threatened two Republican justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Neil Gorsuch and Brian Kavanaugh were his targets and he asserted during a raucous protest on the steps of that court that "you will pay a price" if you rule in favor of abortion restrictions. 
                                        There was an uproar from many corners of society who recognized that Schumer had gone way over the line with his political attack on the Justices appointed by President Trump.   Some called for Schumer's resignation as a minority leader in the Senate.  Others castigated him and demanded his censure and a public apology.
                                        Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts reacted to the Schumer rant in a prepared statement:  "This morning, Sen. Schumer spoke at a rally in front of the Supreme Court while a case was being argued inside. Senator Schumer referred to two members of the court by name and said he wanted to tell them that 'You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You will not know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.'   
                                        "Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous. All Members of the Court will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter."

                                          ABA President Judy Perry Martinez took up the issue of personal attacks on judges and prosecutors.  "It must cease,” Martinez said, receiving a standing ovation during a speech. “No one, no one, should interfere with the fair administration of justice..."

                                            Comments from  the Chief Justice of the United States and from the president of the American Bar Association put a needle into Schumer, causing him to squirm a bit. He issued a half-baked apology  in which he said his words were being misinterpreted.  
                                              "I'm from Brooklyn," said the smug Schumer, a Harvard Law school graduate. "We speak in strong language. I shouldn't have used the words I did. But in no way was I making a threat. I never, never would do such a thing," Schumer said on the Senate floor. 

                                             It appears that Schumer, often called "Cry'n" Chuck, is angling to dodge censure or other penalty for his unprofessional, and unlawyerly political mouthing. He is pretty sure that the media will be kind to him, knowing that he is a "never-Trumper," and that will minimize the fall out.
                                            Watching him slither about and find cover in the Democrat loving media, I was reminded of the beating which Sen.Trent Lott  took in 2002 when he toasted Sen. Strom Thurmond at Thurmond's 100-year-old birthday party.                                                                                                                    On that occasion, Lott  raised a glass to the veteran ex-senator from  Mississippi and praised him for his 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.  It was a mistake for Lott to do, not politically correct, but Lott said he intended kind words for Thurmond and nothing more.  When the dust settled, Mississippi Sen. Lott was forced to resign as the Republican Majority leader in the Senate. 
                                             Popular and well liked by his colleagues, he was called "racist" by Democrats and by the media which parroted that party line. President Bush said that the comments were offensive.  Sen. Lott remained a member of the Senate until 2007 when he resigned and declined to seek reelection.  
                                        But while Schumer's comments were wrong and indefensible, he continues like a peacock in his role as minority leader and has no intention to step down. He probably figures it has made him stronger by his professing his love for no-control, any time execution of fetuses and babies. Republicans in the Senate have called for Schumer's censure, but it is doubtful if he will incur that penalty, or a penalty of any kind.  As Dems say, "the storm will pass." 
                                          Some observers have pointed to the "double standard" which always seems to benefit Democrats.  President Trump has noted that if a Republican had criticized  justices in that way and with that angry tone, they would be humiliated and destroyed by the left-leaning media taking its cue and talking points from the Democratic party.   
                                        

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