When asked about the president’s thoughts on abortion-related protests, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden’s view would be that “we want people to protest peacefully if they want to.”
Arson Investigation Underway at Wisconsin Pro-Life Office
Early Sunday morning, vandals apparently set fire to a Madison, Wisconsin, building that houses the Wisconsin Family Action office. Authorities say the blaze may have been set after two Molotov cocktails failed to ignite. At a press conference Monday, officials said an arson investigation is underway.
On the outside of the building, someone spray-painted this message : “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either.” Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action, told reporters she viewed the fire and vandalism as a “direct threat against us” as pro-life advocates.
Sunday afternoon, the lobbying group tweeted: “We still support freedom. We love our republic and care for our neighbors. We will repair our offices, remain on the job, and build an even stronger grassroots effort. We will not back down. We will not stop doing what we are doing. Too much is at stake.”
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, condemns the vandalism, saying, “Violence is not the way forward” and “Violence does not solve the issues we’re facing as a country.”
Abortion Advocates Also ‘Dox’ SCOTUS Justices
As part of the uproar against last week’s leak, abortion supporters “doxed” the conservative justices, publishing their home addresses and encouraging protesters to head there. Ruth Sent Us published a map of the addresses and asked people to participate in “Walk-by Wednesday” at the justices’ homes on Wednesday, May 11.
The Google Map has been removed from the Ruth Sent Us website, due to a “violation” of the site’s policies.
Pro-life forces say the doxing is part of an effort to threaten and intimidate the high court’s conservative wing. Meanwhile, pro-abortion forces are pushing back. One tweets: “if kavanaugh doesn’t like the pro abortion protests outside his house, he can simply drive or relocate to a different state. right?”
Another writes: “People are protesting outside Justice Kavanaugh‘s house. Someone said ‘But think of his neighbors’ and Kavanaugh’s neighbor replied ‘We ARE his neighbors. We organized the protest.'”
Over the weekend, Ruth Sent Us tweeted: “Stuff your rosaries and your weaponized prayer. We will remain outraged after this weekend, so keep praying. We’ll be burning the Eucharist to show our disgust for the abuse Catholic Churches have condoned for centuries.”
Another tweet from the group reads: “A million Christian people fund thousands of pedophile priests and the power structure that protects the priests and silences the victims. Where’s your concern for the innocent? It stopped at birth?!”
The group is asking for muralists, chalk artists, and graphic designers to contribute to “large-scale art [that] will be included in the protests against the Supreme Court.” Ruth Sent Us also is planning a march outside the California home of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urging her to “Save abortion” and “Investigate the corrupt justices.”
