Plotting to Kill a Supreme Court Justice Is Bad, Right?

The journos aren't sure

I ask because the response to a madman’s plot to murder Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, among our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters in the press, is a bit… muted.

Guy Benson @guypbenson

The news that’s barely fit to print

Jay Caruso @JayCaruso

Top of the page - story about Jurassic Park film franchise. A foiled plot to assassinate a sitting Supreme Court Justice? Near the story about Trader Joe's employees wanting to unionize.

Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck

Just looked at the morning newspapers and the print edition of USA Today has ZERO stories about the attempted assassination of Brett Kavanaugh. Front page, A-2, A-3, and on and on. But three on January 6, two on guns, one touting the use of mushroom, and one on gay teens.

It’s not really a big deal, right? Plus, the journos wouldn’t mind if this would-be assassin had succeeded. A result is a result.

In order to be a journalist in 2022, you must downplay any news that reflects badly on Democrats:

Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro

CNN's Whitney Wild tries to deny that the man arrested trying to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh had a weapon "at all." She also tries to blame right-wing extremists for possibly trying to carry out the hit, claiming "the risk truly comes from both sides of this abortion debate"

The chyron says, “MAN WITH WEAPON DETAINED NEAR JUSTICE KAVANAUGH’S HOME.” And this brave journo is like, “Weapon? What weapon?”

But hey, the guy coulda been a pro-lifer. That makes total sense. If you’re against abortion, of course you’d want to kill a pro-life judge. It’s called logic, people.

Here’s Nicholas John Roske, the loon who wants to kill Kavanaugh. Er, I mean one of the loons who want to kill Kavanaugh:

Jennifer Van Laar @jenvanlaar

Roske with his parents and sibling in 2018

This kid’s face isn’t plastered everywhere because he’s not wearing a MAGA hat.