Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Apologizes for 'Ill-Advised' Comments on Donald Trump
"In the future I will be more circumspect," she said.
— -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed regret today over her “ill-advised” comments about Donald Trump, which ignited a firestorm this week between the 83-year-old jurist and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
In several recent on-the-record interviews, Ginsburg called Trump “a faker” who lacks consistency, criticized him for not releasing his tax returns, described a Trump presidency as unimaginable and suggested that she’ll move to New Zealand if he wins in November.
“On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised, and I regret making them,” Ginsburg said in a statement released by the Supreme Court today. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect.”
It remains to be seen whether Ginsburg’s olive branch will temper Trump, who reacted bitterly to her comments, tweeting Wednesday that “her mind is shot” and calling for the leader of the court’s liberal wing to resign.
The justice’s apology comes after the editorial boards of The Washington Post and The New York Times rebuked her in editorials Wednesday, with the Post calling her remarks inappropriate and the Times writing that she should drop the name-calling.