Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (R-Ky.) plans to rip Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise Pelosi, Schumer 'encouraged' by Trump call for bigger coronavirus relief package Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (D-N.Y.) Thursday over his remarks that two Supreme Court justices would “pay the price” on abortion.

McConnell will denounce Schumer and his comments on the Senate floor, alleging the minority leader threatened Justices Neil Gorsuch Neil GorsuchConservatives see glaring omission on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist Cruz says he wouldn't accept Supreme Court nomination Trump's Supreme Court list reveals influence of Clarence Thomas MORE and Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughGideon leads Collins by 12 points in Maine Senate race: poll Conservatives see glaring omission on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist Cruz says he wouldn't accept Supreme Court nomination MORE.

“Contrary to what the Democratic leader has tried to claim, he very clearly was not addressing Republican lawmakers or anybody else,” McConnell plans to say, his office confirmed. “He literally directed the statement to the justices, by name.”

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“The minority leader of the United States Senate threatened two associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Period,” the top Senate Republican will add.

Politico first reported the developments early Thursday.

Schumer told the two Trump-appointed conservative justices on Wednesday that they “will pay the price” for “awful decisions” if they vote to approve a Louisiana abortion law that could prompt the court to reconsider the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure. The justices began hearing opening arguments for the case on Wednesday.

“I want to tell you, Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Gorsuch, you have unleashed a whirlwind, and you will pay the price,” Schumer said to a crowd in front of the Supreme Court. “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”

"The bottom line is very simple: we will stand with the American people," he then said during his remarks. "We will stand with American women. We will tell President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE and Senate Republicans who have stacked the court with right-wing ideologues that you're going to be gone in November and you will never be able to do what you're trying to do now, ever, ever again."

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Chief Justice John Roberts criticized Schumer for his remarks, calling them “threatening statements,” “inappropriate” and “dangerous."

President Trump also weighed in on Twitter, saying “Serious action MUST be taken NOW!” Sen. Josh Hawley Joshua (Josh) David HawleyWhat Facebook's planned change to its terms of service means for the Section 230 debate Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal TikTok, Oracle seek Trump's approval as clock ticks down MORE (R-Mo.) called for a censure on the minority leader.

Schumer’s office attempted to clarify his comments, saying that Senate Republicans would “pay the political price” for putting the justices on the court, with spokesman Justin Goodman saying that Roberts followed “the right wing’s deliberate misinterpretation” of Schumer’s remarks.

Updated at 7:33 a.m.