Apparently it is, based on the sudden onset of pearl clutching and the vapors, but only if it’s from a Democrat saying something about a Republican.
You can pick increasingly small bits and split hairs, but a Trump supporter getting emotional about coarsening of the discourse is going to be pretty hard sell, even with the obligatory CNN theoretical, and then getting verklempt about THAT.
I just saw this on the news, who does this guy think he is to make this kind of statement that could incite some nut job to violence like the Bernie bro who tried to murder Republicans on a practice baseball field. Saying this to a crowd that has no problem killing babies right on the delivery table is dangerous and definitely a threat to the justices. It’s outrageous.
Trump: " I want to tell you Ginsburg, I want to tell you Sotomayor, if you don’t rule against the ACA and let me make illegals stay outside the US, there will be repercussions."
Hypothetical, but imagine CNN, NYTs, and WashPo the next morning.
“Authoritarian” and dictatorship would be too nice for the words they would use.
Threatening Supreme Court justices over making the “wrong” ruling in a specific case before them is a very different thing than “coarsening of the discourse”. If Trump did that, I think you would realize it very quickly.
When you explain why you think it’s OK to threaten a Congressman with the exact same threat but not a SCOTUS judge, I’ll explain why it’s not acceptable to do it period.