On March 3, 2020, Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said, “I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
Now, we all know that politicians on both sides of the aisle, even some independents, are wont to say stupid things. Then they apologize with even stupider statements. Chuck's recent gaffe is a perfect example. Before realizing the potential backlash, he spoke to please an already sympathetic crowd and to release his frustration and ire toward those who may think and rule differently than he desires regarding killing babies, born and unborn.
Chuck's office's attempt to explain away the personally threatening language as referring to "the political price Senate Republicans will pay for putting these justices on the court," is ridiculous on the surface. How is it possible to misinterpret, "you Gorsuch," "you Kavanaugh," "You have released," "you will pay," and "You won't know," to mean other than the named individuals? It isn't and anyone who hears or reads those knows with absolute certainty that the speaker meant them as a personal threat to the named justices. If he meant something different, he would have so said.
Then yesterday, Chuck, instead of apologizing in a forthright manner, made the aforementioned "stupider statement," "Now, I should not have used the I used yesterday. They didn't come out the way I intended to. Of course, I didn't intend to suggest anything other than political and public opinion consequences for the Supreme Court. I shouldn't have used the words I did, but in no way was I making a threat. I would never do such a thing." This is a stupid statement and worse, a lie!
