Trump to Chief Justice John Roberts: Thanks for the Get Out of Jail Free Card
Trump thanks the Chief Justice after his address and promises he “won’t forget” their rulings in his favor
Washington, D.C. — After finishing his address to Congress last night, President Donald Trump left the dais to gladhand with his supporters in the chamber, including Chief Justice John Roberts. Trump was heard on a hot mic telling Roberts: “Thank you, again. I won’t forget,” seemingly a reference to Roberts’s majority opinion in Trump v. United States, which granted Trump broad immunity from criminal activity he engages in while president.
This ruling has supercharged Trump’s attacks on the federal government, which has included gutting federal agencies, unlawfully firing government workers, and handing over sensitive taxpayer information to unelected bureaucrat and billionaire Elon Musk.
United for Democracy’s Senior Advisor Meagan Hatcher-Mays issued the following statement in response:
“It’s long past time to stop thinking of the Supreme Court as an institution that rises above partisan politics, especially given what we witnessed last night. Donald Trump said the quiet part out loud and made clear what everyone already knows: the Supreme Court works for him. There is no question what Trump meant when he thanked Chief Justice Roberts and promised he wouldn’t forget — Roberts handed Trump a gold-plated Get Out of Jail Free card, and Trump has used it with zeal, launching our country into a constitutional crisis. The MAGA justices gave Trump permission to declare himself king, and he did.
“The out-of-control MAGA justices, loyal only to the wealthy and special interests, are all too happy to trash the Constitution to help billionaires like Trump and his buddies, at the expense of the personal liberties of the rest of us. The MAGA justices who have engulfed the Court in scandal and chaos must be reined in. We call on Congress to act to reform the Supreme Court and restore the public’s faith in its ability to deliver rulings that are fair and rooted in the law.”