MAGA Sen Tells SCOTUS Ruling Haters to ‘Buy Comfort Rock’
John Kennedy says the Supreme Court’s ruling limiting nationwide injunctions must be a “good thing” if it’s left Democrats fuming.
MAGA Sen. John Kennedy viciously taunted opponents of a Supreme Court ruling that turbocharged President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a massive win on Friday, limiting judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions blocking the president’s policies in a case concerning the administration’s push to end birthright citizenship. The ruling has drawn widespread condemnation from Democrats and the Court’s liberal wing.
“You know, if they disagree, I’m sorry, fill out a hurt feelings report. Buy a comfort rock,” Kennedy told Fox News.
Senator John Kennedy said that opponents of the recent Supreme Court ruling could buy themselves a "comfort rock."
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In the 6-3 ruling penned by Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court stripped district court judges of their ability to temporarily pause Trump’s executive orders nationwide. The ruling did not address Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship directly.
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson offered an impassioned dissent, describing it as “destructive,” “perverse,” and “wrong.”
She added that the majority of her fellow judges had hastened “the downfall of our government institutions, adding, “A Martian arriving here from another planet would see these circumstances and surely wonder: ‘what good is the Constitution, then?’”
Kennedy took aim at Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who issued an impassioned dissenting opinion to the ruling.
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Kennedy, meanwhile, revelled in Jackson’s criticism during his Friday appearance on Fox, telling the network “good riddance” to the injunctions, and that he was “proud” of the Supreme Court for having struck them down.
“It’s a very extensive ruling. You can tell it from Justice Jackson’s dissent,” Kennedy said. “She’s mad as a bag of cats, and that’s probably a good thing for the American people.”
Jackson wasn’t the only liberal voice to take aim at her fellow Justices over their decision. Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez has described it as a “deplorable” move that “prioritized loyalty to Trump over defense of the Constitution,” and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz warned the “vile betrayal” will result in “the infringement of Americans’ rights for years to come.”
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President Donald Trump, meanwhile, gloated about the decision on Truth Social.
“GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court!” Trump wrote. “Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard. It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process. Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ.“
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