Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”
Thomas spoke at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, which hears federal cases from Alabama, Florida and Georgia. He made the comments pushing back on his critics in response to a question about working in a world that seems meanspirited.
“I think there’s challenges to that. We’re in a world and we — certainly my wife and I the last two or three years it’s been — just the nastiness and the lies, it’s just incredible,” Thomas said.
“But you have some choices. You don’t get to prevent people from doing horrible things or saying horrible things. But one you have to understand and accept the fact that they can’t change you unless you permit that,” Thomas said.
He should retire and fuck off if he can’t handle it
Then he wouldn’t wield tremendous power.
He probably hasn’t thought of that
Name one nasty lie you sack of shit.
Aw, poor sugar baby Clarence doesn’t like when people call out his blatant abuse of power for personal gain? I guess you should just do the country a favor and fucking retire.
Yeah it got nasty WHEN CLARENCE THOMAS PUT HIS OWN PUBIC HAIR ON A COKE CAN. True story. Look it up. I still believe Anita Hill
What the media did to Anita Hill was absolutely horrendous and every outlet and personality who made a punch line out of her back then should apologize for their absolute disrespect of a woman who did something that was beyond brave.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Hill
Seems like a great cause for #metoo to explore
The me too movement is simply many in society finally telling women that it’s finally ok to tell the stories of how men in powerful positions have abused and humiliated them.
Anita Hill is basically an original #metoo badass from a time when it was not only not ok but severely frowned upon. She told her story even though our society crucified her for it.
Yep, the democratic senator from Delaware that guided his confirmation through the judiciary committee should be shunned forever.
In favor of the grab em by the pussy guy?
Ideally those things would’ve been raised during the primary so Americans wouldn’t be left with the choice between a conservative and a fascist.
You’re a fool to think Biden is a conservative. He’s made so many positive changes for LGTBQ and women. He’s supporting student loan relief, and climate initiatives.
He’s still very conservative. He’s basically a 1970s era Republican.
Deluding yourself into thinking Biden would have made any of the progress he currently has without pressure from the outside is insane. Forgiving student debt, HE wrote the bill making it permanent.
People can change, Biden obviously has, but left to his own devices he is another white male career politician. His only saving grace is he can compromise.
His mocking her, along with all the Monica Lewinsky jokes, is a big reason why Jay Leno can go get fucked.
It’s not just a story, it’s a gag he has done multiple times. There’s at least two coworkers in another era of his life who claimed he pulled the same prank (or whatever you call that)
I would beat the absolute shit out of this bitch if he tried that
yes, violence solves everything.
/s
Is beating up a scotus judge everything for you? If so that’s a very unhealthy way to live life.
Corrupt Clarence Thomas who accepts bribes and doesn’t recuse himself from ruling on the insurrection efforts his wife took part in thinks DC is too mean.
Poor guy, he should just quit.
His wife won’t let him. He’s gotta play the part of an owned man.
I am not convinced he’s just playing a role here.
Or become a whistleblower
What a disgrace.
That’s rich coming from him.
Be careful saying rich around him. You may make a friend.
Citizens v United bitch. You fucked American and deserve to rot in hell.
This needs to be repeated more and more.
A little Bush v Gore thing too, if we’re piling on.
That was a coup and Americans should have rioted.
When looking for a starting point for where things went bad, Citizens vs. United is what history books will use.
If it’s such a nasty place, he’s free to step down and leave 🤷♂️
I hope Clarence dies soon.
Honestly, I don’t think anything short of an Eagle Eye situation would make much of a difference.
For those that haven’t seen the movie, a DOD super advanced AI reinterprets it’s core directive to uphold the constitution to mean that the entire Judicial, Legislative, and Executive Branches of the United States Government must be “removed from office” due to corruption with only the exception of the designated survivor.
Thanks for the movie review. It’s now on my to-watch list. :)
Joke is on you. The designated survivor is Clarence Thomas.
Please politely accept my stripping your rights away. - Thomas
It’s always extra nasty when men pass legislation to have the government control women’s bodies. I say this as a man myself - it’s fucked up.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told his law clerks in the ‘90s that he wanted to serve for 43 years to make liberals’ lives ‘miserable’
Clever of him to make most people’s lives miserable so he doesn’t miss any liberals.
Even made himself miserable just in case he’s secretly a lib.
Only fascist stormtroopers are so precise.
gee if you hate it so much how’bout you fucking LEAVE, CLARENCE.
He and every other corrupt and loathsome creature festering in the GOP’s worst cesspool love to claim they are being treated unfairly when enough people call them out.
They’re all victims, despite being predatory pieces of shit that ruin lives with their bought-and-sold policy decisions.
John Oliver says he’s willing to put his offer back on the table, Clarence.
