These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack.

[Hume]

When U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled in April that Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for deporting migrants in defiance of a court order, the blowback was immediate.

When Elon Musk shared an online post that mischaracterized the work of Judge Boasberg’s daughter, some of his followers responded on X with calls “to lock her up.
The president’s supporters unleashed a wave of threats and menacing posts. And they didn’t just target the judge. Some attacked Boasberg’s brother. Others blasted his daughter. Some demanded the family’s arrest – or execution.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s family endured similar threats after he ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing grants for education and other services. Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer tweeted a photo of the judge’s daughter, who had worked at the U.S. Education Department as a policy advisor, and accused McConnell of protecting her paycheck. Billionaire Elon Musk amplified the post to his 219 million X followers. Neither mentioned the daughter had left her job before Trump’s inauguration.

These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack.

As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment.

www.reuters.com

 

[T. A. Gardner]

U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s family endured similar threats after he ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing grants for education and other services. Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer tweeted a photo of the judge’s daughter, who had worked at the U.S. Education Department as a policy advisor, and accused McConnell of protecting her paycheck.

 

[BartenderElite]

It actually is.

This shouldn't happen. To mock it is completely thoughtless.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

It actually is.

This shouldn't happen. To mock it is completely thoughtless.

I mocked one example you gave in particular. That some judge rules on a case involving his daughter's former employer, and then some political pundit seizes on that and makes a claim that the judge is involved in quid pro quo seems quite reasonable to me.

 

[BartenderElite]

I mocked one example you gave in particular. That some judge rules on a case involving his daughter's former employer, and then some political pundit seizes on that and makes a claim that the judge is involved in quid pro quo seems quite reasonable to me.

I didn't give any examples.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I didn't give any examples.

I quoted YOUR post where you gave part of a Reuter's article including that example. I then mocked the example YOU cited. Now you're all butthurt about it.

 

[Lionfish]

When U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled in April that Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for deporting migrants in defiance of a court order, the blowback was immediate.

When Elon Musk shared an online post that mischaracterized the work of Judge Boasberg’s daughter, some of his followers responded on X with calls “to lock her up.
The president’s supporters unleashed a wave of threats and menacing posts. And they didn’t just target the judge. Some attacked Boasberg’s brother. Others blasted his daughter. Some demanded the family’s arrest – or execution.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s family endured similar threats after he ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing grants for education and other services. Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer tweeted a photo of the judge’s daughter, who had worked at the U.S. Education Department as a policy advisor, and accused McConnell of protecting her paycheck. Billionaire Elon Musk amplified the post to his 219 million X followers. Neither mentioned the daughter had left her job before Trump’s inauguration.

These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack.

As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment.

www.reuters.com

Did those nasty Republicans carve a swastika into their Tesla’s?

 

[BartenderElite]

I quoted YOUR post where you gave part of a Reuter's article including that example. I then mocked the example YOU cited. Now you're all butthurt about it.

Wasn't my post.

But regardless, it's nothing to make light of.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Wasn't my post.

But regardless, it's nothing to make light of.

You're correct. It was Hume(mongous idiot's) post. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Nordberg]

I mocked one example you gave in particular. That some judge rules on a case involving his daughter's former employer, and then some political pundit seizes on that and makes a claim that the judge is involved in quid pro quo seems quite reasonable to me.

That is not proof of anything. But rightys do not require proof if the right-wing pundnuts say it is a problem.