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deminks

(11,526 posts)
Tue May 28, 2024, 07:36 PM May 2024

Alito lied again re upside down flag

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/us/justice-alito-neighbors-stop-steal-flag.html

The police in Fairfax County, Va., received an unusual phone call on Feb. 15, 2021. A young couple claimed they were being harassed by the wife of a Supreme Court justice.

“Somebody in a position of authority needs to talk to her and make her stop,” said the 36-year-old man making the complaint, according to a recording of the call reviewed by The New York Times. The officer on the line responded that there was little the police could do: Yelling was not a crime.

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Amid the controversy, Ms. Baden said she was surprised to find herself playing a central role in Justice Alito’s account about a war of words, political signs and a flag. “I never saw the upside-down flag, never heard about it,” she said.

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Mrs. Alito happened to be standing outside. According to interviews with Ms. Baden and her husband, as well as messages they sent to friends at the time, Mrs. Alito ran toward their car and yelled something they did not understand. The couple continued driving, they said, and as they passed the Alito home again to exit the cul-de-sac, Mrs. Alito appeared to spit toward the vehicle.

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Anyway, the disputes don't line up wth the upside down flag. Feb 15 is weeks after the flag was taken down. It's a story that won't go away, Sammy.
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Alito lied again re upside down flag (Original Post) deminks May 2024 OP
Here's the thing... Think. Again. May 2024 #1
She's a spitter. FoggyLake May 2024 #2
I'm speechless. Chellee May 2024 #3
She and her husband were made for each other. Dave Bowman May 2024 #4
Actually, that story helps Alito DFW May 2024 #5
It was up for several days. LiberalFighter May 2024 #7
I'm not saying he disapproved DFW May 2024 #10
Faux News has decided to throw her under the bus.. Permanut May 2024 #6
Spitting?? Like a fucking camel? Holy shit, Mrs. Alito makes Ginny Thomas almost look normal. SunSeeker May 2024 #8
Neighbor from hell. Too bad they didn't push for the cops to do more tulipsandroses May 2024 #9
That depends DFW May 2024 #11
 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
1. Here's the thing...
Tue May 28, 2024, 07:46 PM
May 2024

...we all know reality has turned inside out and upside down lately so maybe, just maybe, alito's flag was actually right side up (pun intended).

Chellee

(2,300 posts)
3. I'm speechless.
Tue May 28, 2024, 09:59 PM
May 2024

A grown woman spit at a car that was driving away. What??? She's unhinged. I would be nervous living in a neighborhood with such a deranged, unstable person.

DFW

(60,182 posts)
5. Actually, that story helps Alito
Tue May 28, 2024, 10:20 PM
May 2024

Alito keeps claiming the upside down flag was his wife’s doing, and if there are independent complaints of her acting hysterically, it reinforces his claim that he had nothing to do with the flag, that it really was his wife’s doing.

DFW

(60,182 posts)
10. I'm not saying he disapproved
Tue May 28, 2024, 10:49 PM
May 2024

But it’s different if he wasn’t the instigator, if only by a slight degree.

Permanut

(8,390 posts)
6. Faux News has decided to throw her under the bus..
Tue May 28, 2024, 10:22 PM
May 2024

To protect her weasel husband.

Couldn't stand to watch more than 30 seconds.

SunSeeker

(58,281 posts)
8. Spitting?? Like a fucking camel? Holy shit, Mrs. Alito makes Ginny Thomas almost look normal.
Tue May 28, 2024, 10:32 PM
May 2024

tulipsandroses

(8,251 posts)
9. Neighbor from hell. Too bad they didn't push for the cops to do more
Tue May 28, 2024, 10:33 PM
May 2024

Running at the car and spitting ? Thats more than just yelling.

DFW

(60,182 posts)
11. That depends
Tue May 28, 2024, 10:51 PM
May 2024

Did anyone even ask if Alito is married to a dog? They chase after cars all the time.

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