Justice Sotomayor mocked over factually incorrect claim in dissent against Christian web designer decision



On a day when the liberal cause suffered many defeats at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was also mocked and ridiculed over a factually false claim she wrote in a dissent.

The highest court in the land ruled on Friday that a graphic designer could not be forced by the state of Colorado to design a wedding website when the marriage goes against her religious beliefs.

The issue was settled by a 6-3 decision that was lambasted by many on the left.

Sotomayor argued in her dissent that there was an atmosphere of hatred against LGBTQ people, but she cited a horrific shooting that was later found to be unrelated to anti-gay hatred.

"A social system of discrimination created an environment in which LGBT people were unsafe," wrote Sotomayor and specifically referenced the Pulse gay nightclub massacre, where 49 people were killed and over 50 people were injured by a gunman in Orlando, Florida.

Although LGBTQ groups and the media were quick to assume the shooting was motivated by hatred of LGBTQ people, later evidence showed that the killer had simply chosen that nightclub because other targets he considered had better security.

Sotomayor was immediately mocked online for the false claim.

"Oh, dear. Justice Sotomayor, in dissent, falsely claims that the Pulse shooting was animated by anti-gay discrimination. How is she always like this?" replied conservative-leaning attorney Gabriel Malor.

"At some point it gets embarrassing how the lefty-leaning SCOTUS justices get even basic facts wrong. Hint: The Pulse shooter didn't pick Pulse b/c it was gay. We know that," responded another critic.

"The Pulse shooter chose that nightclub at random. He didn’t know it was a gay club. This is embarrassing for Justice Sotomayor, although this false recollection seems widespread in many now," read another tweet.

"Amateurish dissent. Doesn’t anyone fact check these before they’re published? Geesh," added another detractor.

Sotomayor had previously made wholly false claims about the coronavirus pandemic in Jan. 2022. At one point, she said that there were more than 100,000 children in "serious condition" and hospitalized in the U.S. due to COVID infections.

Here's more about the LGBTQ ruling:

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Judge orders man who defaced LGBT mural to write 25-page essay on Pulse mass killing that FBI said was terrorism



A Florida judge handed down a bizarre punishment last week to 20-year-old man who admitted to vandalizing an LGBT mural.

What is the background?

Last June, Alexander Jerich was slapped with a felony charge last summer after he defaced an LGBT mural — rainbow colors painted inside a Delray Beach intersection — by doing a burnout with his truck. His tires left a 15-foot skid mark on the painted asphalt.

In March, Jerich pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and reckless driving.

What happened now?

Last Thursday, Judge Scott Suskauer of the 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida ordered Jerich to write a 25-page essay ahead of his sentencing hearing on June 8.

The topic? The 2016 mass killing at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.

According to the Palm Beach Post, Suskauer believes Jerich has "little understanding of the meaning of the rainbow-colored gay pride mural he defaced or the struggles of the LGBTQ community." Suskauer thus ordered Jerich to write not only about the tragedy itself, but the 49 victims, their families, and why such mass killings happen.

"I want your own brief summary of why people are so hateful and why people lash out against the gay community," the judge reportedly told Jerich.

The assignment, while unorthodox in criminal proceedings, is particularly bizarre because the Pulse nightclub killer was not motivated by LGBT hate. In fact, the FBI declared terrorism as the official motive for the heinous crime because the killer declared allegiance to ISIS.

What about sentencing?

Prosecutors are pushing for Jerich to be sentenced to jail for 30 days. The founder and president of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, meanwhile, wants a one-year jail sentence, according to the Palm Beach Post.

At the hearing last week, Suskauer said he expected Jerich to be a "thug" or "redneck" or "someone who displays complete disrespect for their fellow citizens," but Jerich's remorse apparently has the judge feeling merciful.

According to the Post, Suskauer said he did not want Jerich to go to jail for a year, nor does he want the felony criminal mischief charge to stand because he does not want "to do that to a young man who has his whole life ahead of him."

Instead, while Suskauer may consider some jail time, he indicated that he wants Jerich to perform community service for an LGBT organization. He may even order Jerich to return to the mural that he defaced each week to ensure that it is clean.

Glenn Greenwald calls out Democrats for 'absolute lie' about Pulse Nightclub massacre



Journalist Glenn Greenwald called out Democratic senators on Saturday who he said were spreading an "absolute lie" about the tragic Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people in June 2016.

What are Democrats saying?

To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the tragedy, which came on Saturday during Pride Month, Democratic senators posted messages to social media claiming the victims of the Pulse Nightclub massacre were targeted because of their sexual orientation.

  • Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.): "5 years ago, we lost 49 people in a deadly, hate-filled shooting at the Pulse nightclub. The LGBTQ+ community was targeted and killed—all because they dared to live their lives.Once again I say: hate has no place here. And we must end the gun violence epidemic."
  • Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.): "Today we #RememberPulse. 49 lives lost to senseless gun violence and anti-LGBTQ hate. A tragedy that is still hard to comprehend.But tomorrow, with Pulse always in our minds, we continue the fight to end gun violence and hatred. We will not rest until we do."
  • Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.): "5 years ago we lost 49 beautiful souls at Pulse nightclub. I continue to hold in my heart those who were killed, their loved ones & the survivors of this unspeakable act of hate toward the #LGBTQ+ community. We must #EndGunViolence & build a nation based on love for each other."

What did Greenwald say?

Greenwald called out the senators for misrepresenting the motive behind the Pulse Nightclub massacre. It was not, in fact, anti-LGBT animus, but the perpetrator was a terrorist who sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and chosen Pulse Nightclub at random.

"Democratic Senators and activist groups promoting a false, conclusively disproven narrative about the Pulse shootings for their own benefits. Anti-LGBT animus was not part of that massacre. It dishonors the memory of the victims — & the LGBT cause — to lie about what happened," Greenwald said.

Democratic Senators and activist groups promoting a false, conclusively disproven narrative about the Pulse shootin… https://t.co/fOfovvT2CO
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) 1623520877.0

He then called out Duckworth, specifically.

"This tweet is an absolute lie. Every journalist who covered the PULSE shootings and trial will tell you this. It's infuriating to watch Senators blatantly lie this way," Greenwald said. "[The killer] had no idea PULSE was a gay club. He spent the prior day looking at Disney locations, but they were too secured. He entered 'Club, Orlando' in Google — not 'gay club' — to find it. He never uttered an anti-LGBT syllable, saying his motive was US bombing in Iraq/Syria."

"Even NBC News has acknowledged that the PULSE massacre was not motivated by anti-LGBT sentiment. Their article is definitive as it should be. The evidence leaves no doubt. There's no excuse for Senators and LGBT groups perpetuating this lie," Greenwald continued, linking to NBC News' story about the massacre.

The NBC News story explained:

[D]uring the trial of [the killer's] widow, Noor Salman, all forensic evidence suggested that up until the moment he turned into the Pulse parking lot, [the killer] had been considering other venues, rejecting them because they were more heavily guarded. In their closing statement, government prosecutors admitted that there was no evidence to suggest that [the killer] knew that Pulse was a gay club.

Indeed, during the massacre, the killer phoned 911 and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, solidifying what prosecutors said was the real motive behind the crime.