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.
Yeah, Clarence… I’d describe anywhere you and your fellow right-wing parasites hang out as hideous, too - it’s not the place, it’s you.
There certainly are some nasty people out there. Like ones who tell inappropriate sexual anecdotes in professional settings throughout their career.
That’s rich coming from him.
Be careful saying rich around him. You may make a friend.
If it’s such a nasty place, he’s free to step down and leave 🤷♂️
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.
Citizens v United bitch. You fucked American and deserve to rot in hell.
This needs to be repeated more and more.
When looking for a starting point for where things went bad, Citizens vs. United is what history books will use.
A little Bush v Gore thing too, if we’re piling on.
That was a coup and Americans should have rioted.
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.
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.
Poor guy, he should just quit.
Or become a whistleblower
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.
John Oliver says he’s willing to put his offer back on the table, Clarence.
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.
OK Clarence.
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
I am sure if I sold out my fellow man on a daily basis for cry baby republicans, I’d hate my job too.
Die mad about it.
I’d consider an all out assault on women’s rights pretty fucking nasty
Sooner than later please.