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AZ Supreme Court Justice faces criticism for 'Rasta Clint' video
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/az-supreme-court-justice-faces-criticism-for-rasta-clint-videoPHOENIX — Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick is facing criticism from state Democratic leaders after an old video was posted to social media that shows him wearing a dreadlocks wig and singing under the pseudonym “Rasta Clint.”
The video was originally taken during an event more than a decade ago but was posted on Twitter and Youtube on Tuesday night.
Multiple leaders in the state Democratic party commented on the footage and called it “racist.”
Bolick sent ABC15 the following written statement through a spokesperson.
“I am a fan of reggae music. This was an homage to some favorite musicians, substituting my paucity of talent with a sprinkle of bipartisan humor, which apparently has become intolerable in our strident, virtue-signaling, humorless polity,” he wrote. “It is unfortunate that anyone would take issue with this to fit their partisan narrative.”
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