Fox’s John Roberts Criticizes ‘Left-Wing Media’ Outrage Over Samuel Alito’s Wife Raising ‘Stop the Steal’ Flag

He was just defending his wife! This was the argument made by Fox News anchor John Roberts on Friday during coverage of a report from the New York Times that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had an upside-down flag — a symbol of the dishonest “Stop the Steal” movement — flying on his property in the days after January 6. Fox’s Shannon Bream was in-studio after speaking to Alito about the flag, and she reported that the flag was a response to a neighborhood feud. Specifically, a neighbor allegedly called Alito’s wife a “cunt” after she complained about profanity-laced signs protesting former President Donald Trump in full view of children.

Roberts then flipped the story around, saying that the associate justice could have done a lot worse:

Roberts: He called her the C-word in front of the judge? Or, the justice?

Bream: That’s what Justice Alito told me.

Roberts: Really?

Bream: And said that at some point she was obviously very upset, went home, did the flag. He had nothing to do with it. Didn’t think it was a great idea, but it was there for a short time.

Roberts: He was lucky that they only got the flag. He’s lucky that the justice didn’t pop him one in the eye.

Bream: I think as a husband that would be a very difficult thing to try to walk away from. But clearly these neighbors have had an escalated situation.

Still portraying this as a little neighborhood tiff and not a sign that a Supreme Court Justice might hold a biased view about the results of the 2020 presidential election (and should maybe recuse himself from any cases involving said election), Roberts played a montage of “left-wing media” reactions to the story, all from MSNBC. After that, he responded:

Roberts: So you know, what they could be talking about was Justice Alito defending his wife, smacked his neighbor in the eye. But no, it was just a flag that was held upside-down to say “__ you.”

Bream: Well, I feel like we’re all happy that’s not where the story went.

Watch the video above via Fox News.