In a rare move, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito responded directly on Wednesday to the manufactured outrage surrounding his wife supposedly flying a symbol of “insurrection” related to January 6th. Multiple press outlets, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, have been obsessing over the three-year-old story involving an upside flag for over a week. Along the way, they also decided that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which appeared at Alito’s beach house, is similarly problematic and a “conflict of interest.”
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That led to calls for the justice to recuse himself from any cases involving the 2020 election, with Democrat politicians like Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse leading the mob. Alito’s response? Jump in a lake.
Justice Alito responds to lawmakers calling for his recusal from…