Justice Thomas delivered the remarks at a conference in Alabama
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas described Washington DC as “hideous place” at a judicial conference in Alabama on Friday. He railed against the “nastiness and lies” directed at him and his wife, and lamented the loss of public confidence in the Supreme Court.
Thomas was speaking at the 11 US Circuit Court of Appeals conference in Point Clear, Alabama when he made the remarks. He spoke about the perils of his job and also the political culture in Washington.
“Being in Washington, you have to get used to particularly people who are reckless,” Thomas said.
“They don’t bomb you, necessarily, but they bomb your reputation or your good name or your honor. And that’s not a crime but they can do as much harm that way.”
Thomas and his wife Ginni have received significant criticism, particularly after revelations that Ginni attended Trump’s rally in Washington on 6 January 2021.
Critics have demanded that Thomas recuse himself from Supreme Court cases concerning the 2020 election and its aftermath. This includes former president Donald Trump’s appeal regarding claims of absolute immunity from criminal charges due to his attempts to contest the election result.
Speaking at the conference, Thomas claimed that people in Washington “pride themselves in being awful.”
“It is a hideous place, as far as I’m concerned.”
Thomas went on to speak about the current health of the Supreme Court. He expressed his continuing shock at the 2022 leak of a draft opinion during the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, which led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Thomas said that when he joined the Supreme Court in 1991, “we may have been a dysfunctional family, but we were a family.”
“It would be inconceivable that anyone would leak an opinion of the court or do anything to intentionally harm one another.”
Reports of Thomas’s remarks were greeted with derision by liberal commentators.
“Hey, Clarence Thomas? tweeted Keith Olbermann.
“Go f*ck yourself, you fascist snowflake
“And if you want to serve America, turn your wife in to the authorities.”
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