{"id":2220406,"date":"2024-04-13T20:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T00:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wfb-editor-in-chief-sotomayor-retirement-calls-are-unseemly\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T20:51:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T00:51:44","slug":"wfb-editor-in-chief-sotomayor-retirement-calls-are-unseemly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wfb-editor-in-chief-sotomayor-retirement-calls-are-unseemly\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Editing at WFB criticizes calls for Sotomayor retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwfb-editor-in-chief-sotomayor-retirement-calls-are-unseemly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2220406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Eliana Johnson, Editor in\u2063 Chief at Washington Free Beacon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ocasio-cortez-takes-aim-at-entire-gop-after-accusing-cruz-of-trying-to-get-me-killed\/\" title=\"Ocasio-Cortez Takes Aim At Entire GOP After Accusing Cruz Of \u2018Trying To Get Me Killed\u2019\">criticized calls<\/a> for \u2064Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire by progressives as &#8220;unseemly.&#8221; She highlighted the age gap between Sotomayor and President Joe Biden, calling out the inconsistency\u2063 in perceptions of their age. \u2063Johnson emphasized \u200cthat Sotomayor is aware of her health and can decide on retirement herself. Eliana Johnson, the Editor in\u2064 Chief \u200dat the Washington Free Beacon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-gives-ultimatum-on-the-upcoming-electoral-college-showdown-video\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jim Jordan Gives Ultimatum On The Upcoming Electoral College Showdown (VIDEO)\">raised concerns<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-lawmaker-blasted-for-calling-women-birthing-bodies-amid-roe-news\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Lawmaker Blasted For Calling Women \u2018Birthing Bodies\u2019 Amid Roe News\">progressives calling<\/a> for Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s\u200d retirement, labeling it as inappropriate. Johnson pointed out the\u2063 age difference between Sotomayor \u2064and President Joe Biden, underscoring the paradox in how their ages are perceived. Additionally, Johnson stressed that Sotomayor is\u2063 capable of making her own decision regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-faucis-retirement-pension-could-exceed-350000-per-year\/\" title=\"Report: Fauci's Retirement Pension Could Exceed 0,000 Per Year\">retirement based<\/a> on her health and circumstances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>Washington Free Beacon <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">editor<\/a> in chief Eliana Johnson said calls from progressives for Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire are &#8220;unseemly,&#8221; citing Sotomayor&#8217;s age in comparison with President Joe Biden&#8217;s. Sotomayor is 12 years younger than the octogenarian commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do find it rich that the same people who tell us that Joe Biden is a spring chicken at 81 years old are telling us that the 69-year-old Justice Sotomayor must step down,&#8221; Johnson said during a Saturday CNN appearance, &#8220;and they&#8217;re going through her medicine cabinet to see what diabetes medication she&#8217;s on.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re not telling her anything she doesn&#8217;t know,&#8221; Johnson continued. &#8220;I find it sort of unseemly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She knows how old she is,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;She knows what her health condition is. She can make the decision whether she wants to step down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eliana Johnson, Editor in Chief at Washington Free Beacon, criticized progressive demands for Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s retirement as &#8220;unseemly,&#8221; pointing out the age contrast between Sotomayor and President Joe Biden. Sotomayor, 12 years younger than Biden, elicited Johnson&#8217;s remark, &#8220;I do find it rich that the same people who tell us that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":2220408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-13-at-8.15.06%E2%80%AFPM_736x514.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-13-at-8.15.06%E2%80%AFPM_736x514.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}