Alito's Upside Down Flag Story Falls Apart

Justice Samuel Alito's story about the upside down flag flying at his home being related to a neighborhood dispute has crumbled.

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The Alitos And The Upside Down Flag

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Justice Samuel Alito claimed that the story of the upside-down flag was based on a dispute with a neighbor who he and his wife were arguing about politics with. The Alitos claimed that Mrs. Alito was threatened so she hung the upside down flag outside of their home.

The story never made sense, and The New York Times did some more digging and talked to people. What the newspaper found blew a hole in Justice Alito’s story.

According to The New York Times:

There are some differences: For instance, the justice told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. A text message and the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate, however, that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks after the inverted flag was taken down.

Justice Alito’s version of events was that the flag “was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs,” he said in a statement to The Times. Mrs. Alito, 70, who has never sought a public role, has not spoken out about the controversy.

If this story was about an argument between neighbors over politics, it might not be a story at all. The issue is that Samuel Alito is a Supreme Court justice who will hear and rule on cases related to the 1/6 attack.

The Washington Post had the Alito story three years before the NYT but chose to bury it instead of informing the American people that a Supreme Court justice was flying a flag at his home that is a symbol of the insurrection.

There is enough problematic behavior to go around, but below, we will discuss why Alito is lying and what he may be hiding.