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Showing Original Post only (View all)Clarence Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place' [View all]
Source: NBC News/AP
May 10, 2024, 9:58 PM EDT
FAIRHOPE, Ala. 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 theres challenges to that. Were in a world and we certainly my wife and I the last two or three years its been just the nastiness and the lies, its just incredible, Thomas said. But you have some choices. You dont get to prevent people from doing horrible things or saying horrible things. But one you have to understand and accept the fact that they cant change you unless you permit that, Thomas said.
Thomas has faced criticisms that he took accepted luxury trips from a GOP donor without reporting them. Thomas last year maintained that he didnt have to report the trips paid for by one of our dearest friends. His wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas has faced criticism for using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by President Joe Biden, a Democrat.
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