A bizarre email written by Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, and sent to her husband’s former Supreme Court clerks apologizing for her whatever role she may have played in the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last month has leaked.
The far-right conservative activist and noted homophobe has been a vocal Trump supporter for years and helped promote his January 6 rally that resulted in the deadly riots.
In the email, which reads sort of like something a person might write after polishing off a bottle of pinot grigio, Ginni apologizes to her husband’s former clerks and their spouses for ever imposing her beliefs on them and for whatever role her actions may or may not have played in the events of that shameful day in January.
“I owe you all an apology,” she writes. “I have likely imposed on you my lifetime passions.”
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“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.”
Ginni then goes on to urge “those of you on the contrary side” to demonstrate “grace and mercy on those on my side.”
“Feel free to call and talk to me individually about where I failed you as a friend here,” she adds. “I probably need more tutoring … Otherwise, on behalf of both of us, be assured of our love for each of you.”
The email was leaked to the Washington Post by a former clerk after it was reported Ginni had praised the insurrectionists on Facebook, writing “LOVE MAGA people!!!!” and “GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU STANDING UP or PRAYING.”
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. pic.twitter.com/378CHMkFN5
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) January 8, 2021
It’s unclear why she felt the need to pen the missive, or why she chose to apologize to her husband’s staff and their families rather than, say, the lawmakers whose lives were endangered, or Capitol Police who were injured, or even just the American people, in general.
Kathryn Rubino at Above the Law sums the whole thing up best when she writes:
Pardon me while I unstick my eyeballs from the back of my head — they got stuck from rolling my eyes SO DAMN HARD. Ginni Thomas has long trafficked in far right ideology and she doesn’t apologize for supporting folks who tried to violently overthrow the government or to those that were killed, injured, or otherwise traumatized by the events of January 6th. She’s only sad now because the coup attempt may have revealed a crack in the right.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
djguapo
Link to the original article without your color commentary plz? Sheesh, what sloppy journalism at Queerty.
Cam
You have the wife of a Supreme Court justice, who regularly attacks the idea of LGBTQ civil rights, and you’re trying to deflect this and attack the site for posting the article? Have a seat.
barryaksarben
Yes, that is what is important here. troll
Mattster
Her comments/tweets were widely reported at the time, pay more attention to the news and maybe you wouldn’t have missed them. Not that it’s the responsibility of this site to spoon feed you background info, but a copy of her most infamous and inflammatory tweet was included in the article. Or did you miss that, too?
mailliw110
Remember, Google is your friend.
Cam
The wife of a U.S. Supreme Court justice was rallying support for a treasonous attack on the U.S. Capitol. Both she and her husband need to be investigated and he needs to resign.
Lightbulb
Thank You Cam you are 100% SPOT ON she is pure and simple trash! She has stalked Anita Hill for years and was also announced she and her nasty husband allegedly paid for 40 busloads of INSURRECTIONISTS to travel to the capitol on the day of the riots on THEIR DIME??
So much for the SCOTUS and conflict of interest.
Den
“she and her nasty husband allegedly paid for 40 busloads of INSURRECTIONISTS to travel to the capitol on the day of the riots on THEIR DIME??”
Sadly, that was only a lie on the part of Charlie Kirk (a far right wing “pundit”) that was repeated by The Daily KOS without proper vetting.
Ginni DID however support the insurrectionists and is a long time conspiracy believer so it is not that far fetched of a lie.
As for a call for forgiveness and unity, perhaps after those who committed criminals acts have been tried and those like her who egged them on have been censured and humiliated forgiveness might be possible.
But history will not treat her kind well at all, and they need to be made to understand that.
doodleboi
Clarence lied under Oath while being considered for the Supreme Court!
Mister P
Have she and her husband stopped to think that they definitely are not making America great?
humble charlie
What kind of an effed up clown is Clarence? I understand the appeal of an obese white woman, but this is just too much.
Kangol2
He’s a total mess. Before Miss Ginni he was a Black nationalist (you can find all this out in the recent biography on him) and when he was in college he actually harangued Black students in interracial relationships. Growing up in the Jim Crow South, racism, White supremacy, hatred of liberals, being Catholic, a severe inferiority complex, and so much more really f*cked Uncle Clarence up!
barryaksarben
She says she needs to learn more. HOW hard is it to learn not to be a traitor or support treason. Pretty simple Most of us learn it in grade school. YOu dont tell people to attack the capitol. Maybe have another drink something mixed with diet coke with a pube on it like Clarence likes them
Invader7
Ginni. You’re another not so closeted Neo-NAZI republithug FASCIST. Shut up and quit whining. You loser.
BaltoSteve
OH.. she was drunk when she wrote it? There is a reason why the phrase “In Vine Veritas” exists. Her real feeling have now been exposed for the world to see.
missvamp
for once i agree with cam. her husband has always been corrupt. his wife is clearly treasonous & this shit just proves it.
Openminded
” Let’s pledge to not let politics divide THIS family, and learn to speak more gently and knowingly across the divide.””
Lady, it appears you were the one that got drunk, let your mouth spew cruel words that showed your real truth and pushed the divide wider. “Let’s” don’t need to do anything here, “YOU” need to.
SaintRock
Ginni was the Honeypot for Loony Bird Right reationaries to ensare Justice Thomas to rig the court with bias and Trumpism.
RandomGuy
American traitor Ginni (or Gin…i) and her vile sex pest of a husband Clarence need to apologize for even existing and then lose everything they have to their names.
LumpyPillows
She is a most horrible person.
wikidBSTN
Fat, entitled and stupid – and I’m talking about her husband.
cuteguy
She’s only “sorry” bc she got caught. She’s married to a member of the court that is in the majority now. If we don’t pack the court, we are all vulnerable
Man About Town
Who could blame her for having a drinking problem since the Anita Hill hearings?
MikeM
She once asked Anita Hill to “apologize” for her accusations against Clarence Thomas.
Tombear
You mean to say you don’t remember the pubic hair in the Coke bottle? Turn in your gay card now or am I dating myself?
SCK64
A lesbo hiding behind a BBC lol Drink your Coke B and make sure you use that public as your tooth floss lol
Musk
She did us a favor and showed us years ago who she was. And now she’s doing us another favor. My only response to her is Go Ginni go. Go Ginni go!!!