Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrapped himself in self-righteousness Thursday after he was admonished on the floor of the U.S. Senate for threatening Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

The New York senator claimed he was merely passionate about abortion. He claimed also that he is from Brooklyn, where people naturally talk tough. As expected, Schumer also denied that he had threatened the conservative justices, even though there’s really no other interpretation for what he said.