President Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court on Tuesday after it struck down the president's mail-in voting order Monday night.
Why it matters: The president slammed the justices over rulings they've issued against him this year, suggesting without evidence that the three justices he appointed to the court are being controlled by the left.
What they're saying: "These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
- "[T]hey are merely a shell of their original selves, a Court that is costing the United States Trillions of Dollars with shockingly bad rulings that are of such magnitude that it won't be easily possible for our Country to recover or heal.
- "It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country's history."
- "It is not easy for me to write this criticism of the United States Supreme Court - it will likely cost me dearly for years to come - but I feel it my obligation and duty, as President, to do so for the America we love!"
Zoom in: Trump unloaded on the court for striking down his birthright citizenship policy, in which the justices upheld that those born on American soil are citizens.
- He also slammed their "horrible decision on Tariffs," after they ruled those unlawful earlier this year.
- "Certain Justices are petrified of these crazed and depraved Democrats, and are totally unable to show the courage necessary to save our America," Trump wrote.
Between the lines: Without naming them, Trump criticized the three justices he appointed: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
- He explicitly praised Justices Alito and Thomas, who dissented in Monday's mail-in ballot ruling.
- The Supreme Court could not be immediately reached for comment.
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