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Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas signed off on letter saying Capitol attackers ‘have done nothing wrong’

Author:     Sarah K. Burris
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     January 18, 2022
 Link: Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas signed off on letter saying Capitol attackers ‘have done nothing wrong’
Stephan:   I find this story both alarming and almost impossible to believe. How is it possible that a sitting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court can have a partner who is a MAGAt activist openly explicit and public in her advocacy for insurrectionists whose actions her husband may have to rule on? Suppose she were an open Nazis supporter, or anti-Semite, or openly advocated anti-Black racism? Would that be acceptable? What is the difference? Clarence Thomas, in my opinion, should never have been confirmed by the Senate for the Supreme Court in the first place, and his wife's open political activism should preclude his holding office.
Clarence and Ginni Thomas Credit: Facebook

It has been less than a week since 11 Oath Keepers were arrested with seditious conspiracy, but the spouse of Justice Clarence Thomas believes that they “have done nothing wrong.”

Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes pointed to a letter signed by Ginni Thomas along with many other fringe conservatives like the Family Research Council, the chair of the Tea Party Patriots Fund and the president of the Club for Growth. The letter speaks out against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who serve on the Jan. 6 committee which bothers Republicans who believe the GOP should be unified in protecting those who participated in a “coup,” as three retired U.S. Army generals characterized it.

“The actions of Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger on behalf of House Democrats have given supposedly bipartisan justification to an overtly partisan political persecution that brings disrespect to our country’s rule of law, legal harassment to private citizens who have done nothing wrong, and which demeans the standing of the House,” […]

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