If Sonya Sotomayor flew upside-down flag GOP would call for her resignation

Former White House communications director Alyssa Farrar Griffin said Sunday that Republicans would demand that former President Donald Trump resign if it was reported that he hung an upside-down flag on his lawn after his election in 2016. .

new New York Times report Days before President Biden’s inauguration and less than two weeks after the Capitol attack, an upside-down flag was revealed to have been temporarily flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home on January 17, 2021. did.

At the time, the upside-down flag was primarily associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and efforts to block the transfer of power based on false claims of election fraud. Alito said his wife is responsible for the flag.

During a panel discussion on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the former Trump aide and CNN commentator criticized the Republican response to the report, calling it “very disturbing.”

“After Donald Trump won in 2016, justice would be [Sonya] “If Ms. Sotomayor hung a flag upside down on her front lawn, we Republicans would demand her resignation,” Farrah Griffin said Sunday.

“I find it very disturbing and I don’t think we can ignore it,” she added.

The report has drawn widespread criticism from Democrats, many of whom have called on Alito to recuse himself from all January 6-related cases before the Supreme Court.

House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Friday called on Alito to apologize for “disrespecting the Star-Spangled Banner and sympathizing with right-wing violent insurrectionists.”

“He must recuse himself from litigation related to the 2020 election. [former President Trump,]” Jeffries continued, referring to Alito. He added that Congress should consider the High Court’s new ethics reform bill.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) also called on Alito to recuse himself from incidents related to January 6, 2021 and the 2020 election, saying he would “fly the American flag upside down.” is a symbol of America.” – called the “Stop the Steal” movement – clearly gives the impression of bigotry. ”

“I had no involvement whatsoever in raising the flag,” Alito said in a statement to the Times, “after a neighbor used offensive and derogatory language on a yard sign. It was temporarily installed by Mrs. Alito,” he added. ”