Ginni Thomas apologizes to husband's Supreme Court clerks for her role in discord after election...

[Nevilledog]

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Ginni Thomas apologizes to husband’s Supreme Court clerks for her role in discord after election, Capitol riot

Ginni Thomas apologizes to husband’s Supreme Court clerks after Capitol riot fallout
The conservative activist, who is married to Justice Clarence Thomas, told a private online group comprising his former staff: “I would ask those of you on the contrary side to have grace and mercy...
washingtonpost.com
9:27 AM · Feb 2, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/ginni-thomas-apology-clarence-thomas-clerks-trump-rally/2021/02/02/a9818cce-6496-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html

Conservative political activist Virginia Thomas told her husband Justice Clarence Thomas’s former law clerks that she was sorry for a rift that developed among them after her election advocacy of President Donald Trump and endorsement of the Jan. 6 rally in D.C. that resulted in violence and death at the Capitol.

“I owe you all an apology. I have likely imposed on you my lifetime passions,” Thomas, who goes by Ginni, recently wrote to a private Thomas Clerk World email list of her husband’s staff over his three decades on the bench.

“My passions and beliefs are likely shared with the bulk of you, but certainly not all. And sometimes the smallest matters can divide loved ones for too long. Let’s pledge to not let politics divide THIS family, and learn to speak more gently and knowingly across the divide.”

A sampling of posts made to the group were shared with The Washington Post by a member upset with some of the pro-Trump messages written by Ginni Thomas and others in the lead-up and aftermath of the election. Thomas did not respond to requests for comment. Several former clerks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the listserv is private, verified the dispute in what is normally an affable setting meant to celebrate achievements of the clerk “family.”

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[ananda]

1. But it's one of those non-apology apologies.

I hate that.

[The Roux Comes First]

4. Do They Have Another Kind? (nfm)

[The Roux Comes First]

2. Ugh! Now I Need Another Vaccine - or Perhaps An Exorcism (nfm)

[FM123]

3. Oh suuuuure, just like that all is forgiven. Not.

She has been dangerous for a long time.
More recently, Ginni Thomas has been involved in an ad-hoc coalition known as “Groundswell,” touted as a plan to wage a “30-front war” on left-wing activists and the GOP establishment.
https://theintercept.com/2019/06/04/ginni-thomas-trump-conservative-group/

[Johnny2X2X]

5. "Passions and beliefs"

Give me a break, her passions and beliefs are that the US shouldn't continue to be a Democracy and her enemies should be executed in the halls of Congress. Fuck this filthy demon.

[Mike 03]

15. Yep. Translation: "I was completely justified."

The bar is so low on that side of the aisle that I'll grudgingly accept her apology for what it's worth.

[Pantagruel]

6. Way beyond a lack of judgement,

she facilitated, even encouraged sedition.

[Greybnk48]

7. I hope the ugly old cow is arrested for conspiracy to commit treason. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

8. This "apology" would be well and good if referenced towards something benign, for example,

"I prefer vanilla over chocolate."

Thomas advocated for and abetted with the overthrow of American democracy.

BIG difference . . . . . .

I can't imagine how one can apologize AND atone for such a transgression.

[Pantagruel]

9. Mark Joseph Stern tweeted

"On the morning of Jan. 6, Ginni Thomas—wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—endorsed the protest demanding that Congress overturn the election, then sent her “LOVE” to the demonstrators, who violently overtook the Capitol several hours later. She has not posted since."

[Ziggysmom]

10. Another Trump Christian!

[BeyondGeography]

11. The, "Oh, I'm so passionate,

and my beliefs are so deep,” kinda sorta apology.

Ffs.

[Celerity]

12. fuck that bag of dogshit, I am so out of fucks to give nt

[PA Democrat]

13. "The smallest matters" !!!!! Sorry Ginni, incitement of a violent, deadly insurrection is NOT

a small matter.

She is a disgrace. And what arrogance to presume that most of the former clerks would support her delusional and extreme views, let alone agree with her actions to FUND sedition.

It's no wonder this was leaked to the press. Ginni is a horrible judge of character and a horrible human being herself.

[randr]

14. Grace and Mercy are not things to ask for

They are things to give.

[JHB]

16. That's hardly an apology, and what about her spending her entire career...

...following her "lifetime passions" of vandalizing public discourse and sabotaging the functioning of our democratic republic?

[Mike 03]

17. At least it's a more eloquent fake apology than we usually see from the RW.

[UpInArms]

18. She can go f*** herself

And spend a few years in orange behind bars

[MagickMuffin]

19. Perhaps it's time for hubby to resign

since Ginni Thomas is against the United States of America and was hoping to overthrow our democracy.

RETIRE justice Clarence Thomas, make way on the court for someone who's WHOLE family believes in Democracy.

[Midnight Writer]

20. "For those of you feeling diminished by my awesome passion and integrity, I am sorry"

"I understand how the blinding light of my virtue must leave you feeling shamed, and I accept responsibility for that"

[Buckeyeblue]

21. There needs to be pressure put on him to resign...

Maybe Biden could do it. Biden made it possible for him to be confirmed. Maybe he could put pressure on him to resign.

[LiberalFighter]

22. The hell with her.

I hope a salt truck runs her over.

[irisblue]

23. from the article

Last 3 paragraphs...."Thomas seemed to be seeking a peacemaking role in her Jan. 18 message to clerks.

“I would ask those of you on the contrary side to have grace and mercy on those on my side of the polarized world, and feel free to call and talk to me individually about where I failed you as a friend here. I probably need more tutoring,” she wrote.

“Otherwise, on behalf of both of us, be assured of our love for each of you.”


SodOff Ginni.

[spanone]

24. 'let's pledge to not let politics....'

Hey Gin, YOU pledge....
not ‘let’s’

[tanyev]

25. "I'm so sorry I shared all the terrible things I believe with people who are talking to reporters."