Pelosi Plays With Fire

It’s now been seven days since a wannabe assassin traveled to Washington, D.C., with the intention of killing Justice Brett Kavanaugh in order to give the assassin’s life “meaning.” 

As we have pointed out, the wannabe assassin had breathed the poison of the left, which has demonized conservative justices as monsters. In Kavanaugh’s case, they accused him of being a “gang rapist.” But within 24 hours Big Media had dropped the story of Kavanaugh’s attempted assassination.

Incredibly, there still has not been a verbal statement by President Biden, Vice President Harris or Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemning this wannabe assassin and demanding an end to the left’s growing impulse toward violence.

It’s been six weeks since someone leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in the Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade. It’s been 36 days since the Senate voted unanimously to provide additional security for Supreme Court justices and their families. 

This afternoon, the House of Representatives finally passed the bill. The vote was 396-to-27. Clearly, this was not a controversial issue. There was tremendous bipartisan support for the bill.

But why did Speaker Nancy Pelosi drag her feet for so long? Why did she refuse to consider the Senate’s legislation until now? What possible reason could cause her to fail to increase security for the justices and their families in this incredibly volatile atmosphere? 

You may recall that in years past, whenever one abortion clinic in America was attacked, pro-abortion politicians rushed to demand federal security at every abortion clinic. I remember when then-Attorney General Janet Reno deployed federal marshals to protect abortion clinics in a dozen different jurisdictions.

Apparently, Supreme Court justices, who may end up protecting preborn children, aren’t worthy of the same protection as the abortionists who destroy preborn children.

If one were a real cynic, you might conclude that Nancy Pelosi really doesn’t want to do anything to make conservative justices and their families feel safer because she’s part of the massive left-wing conspiracy to intimidate the justices into not overturning Roe v. Wade. 

Just imagine how the left would be reacting today if it was learned that someone was arrested plotting to assassinate soon-to-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Five years ago today, a Bernie Sanders supporter went to a northern Virginia baseball field with a hit list in his pocket. He attempted to kill as many Republican congressmen as possible. He nearly took the life of Rep. Steve Scalise. 

The only thing that stopped the deranged wannabe assassin was the fact that Scalise, a member of the GOP leadership team, had augmented security.

Nancy Pelosi is playing with fire by delaying today’s vote as long as she did. Attorney General Merrick Garland is playing Russian roulette by refusing to enforce the federal law that prohibits demonstrations outside the homes of federal judges.