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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClarence Thomas's Wife Hired Ex-TPUSA Staffer Known For Saying 'I Hate Blacks'
Conservative activist Crystal Clanton, who was forced to leave the right-wing student group Turning Point USA last year after her racist comments were revealed, was hired by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Mediaite has learned.
Clantons racist comments were made known publicly after the New Yorker obtained screenshots of text messages in which she wrote, I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story.
Clanton served as TPUSAs second-in-command just below the groups founder Charlie Kirk for five years, before she left late last year after the nonprofit was made aware of the text messages and learned that they would be used in a story, according to multiple sources who spoke to Mediaite.
Shortly after she left TPUSA, Clanton was hired by Ginni Thomas the wife of the only black Supreme Court Justice currently serving on the bench to assist with her right-wing media ventures. ............(more)
https://www.mediaite.com/online/exclusive-clarence-thomas-wife-hired-ex-tpusa-staffer-known-for-saying-i-hate-blacks/
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Clarence Thomas's Wife Hired Ex-TPUSA Staffer Known For Saying 'I Hate Blacks' (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2021
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hlthe2b
(102,234 posts)1. Quite frankly judging by some of his decisions (no pun intended), so too does Clarence.
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LetMyPeopleVote
(145,152 posts)3. Who is surprised by this?
MurrayDelph
(5,294 posts)4. Said Ginni Thomas about the quotes
"No big deal; so does Clarence."
Celerity
(43,333 posts)5. DU search yielded an almost 4 year old article about that POS Clanton, so Thomas OBVIOUSLY was aware