Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Hannity to discuss Supreme Court protests, January 6th public hearings, and more. See below for highlights and watch the full interview here.
On the severity and risk of protesting outside of Supreme Court justices homes:
“I have a terrible feeling about this. I think this is headed in a very dangerous direction. … This is a country of 331 million people. You have people out there basically saying that these members of the Supreme Court are equivalent to the Ku Klux Klan, to Nazis. You’ve had some [people] sort of saying burn the place down. 331 million people, it only takes a couple of them to look at that and say, ‘Well, if these people are that evil, the next step is to just take them out.’ That’s just the Supreme Court justices, not to mention we’ve got hundreds of members of Congress that don’t have US Marshals outside their home. We want to thank the US Marshals for the role they played, or we would be having a very different day here today in Washington.
“This is an incredibly serious thing. This is not the only guy in America with these thoughts in his head. I have a very bad feeling about the direction this goes on either side. I’m not in favor of this happening to anybody, I don’t think. I don’t want protesters showing up outside the house of Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer or anybody else. I think there’s a time, place, and manner for free speech to be regulated. You can say whatever you want, but there’s got to be some limits to it. In this particular case, it’s illegal because these are judges that these people are trying to intimidate to make a decision that they want in a court case.”
On the threat of protesting to intimidate Supreme Court justices:
“There’s only one reason for protesters to show up outside the home of a public figure and that is to send them a clear message: we know where you live. Maybe there’s 100 people there and not a single one of those 100 people are going to hurt anybody. But…someone’s watching, someone’s taking down notes on the internet of where this person lives, and that one deranged person is going to show up at the house of someone and eventually harm them.
“This is an unfortunate trend that we’re now seeing. It’s a very, very dangerous one. We should not be playing with this. We are playing with fire. I’m not saying this guy wouldn’t have done this anyway if he’s truly as deranged as he appears to be. …….
Source: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=0E212161-B673-4513-9E97-49372116F706