close Video House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries slams Justice Alito House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., calls Justice Samuel Alito a 'right-wing insurrectionist' in comments to Fox News' Chad Pergram.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declared Bush-appointed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito an "insurrectionist sympathizer" while also condmening Justice Clarence Thomas in comments to Fox News on Friday.
Jeffries' barb comes as Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann, continue to be under fire for previously flying the "Appeal to Heaven" flag, which features a pine tree on a white background. The flag became associated with the January 6, 2021 Capitol protests after some protesters who broke into the complex carried the banner around, in an apparent throwback to its Colonial significance. The flag itself dates back to the American Revolution when it was notably utilized in a maritime fashion by Continental Army ships in the 1770s.
The pine tree is a symbol of the state of Maine as well as the state tree, while the "appeal to heaven" caption describes the hopes of colonists that God would deliver them from British tyranny. ALITO'S WIFE DISPLAYED UPSIDE DOWN FLAG AFTER ARGUMENT WITH INSULTING NEIGHBOR Liberal media and Democratic Party leaders have used the classic "Appeal to Heaven" colonial era flag to link Supreme Court Justice Alito to Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) When asked about criticisms of Justices Alito and Clarence .
