Hillary Clinton slammed Justice Clarence Thomas in an interview with Gayle King on CBS This Morning yesterday.
Last week, Thomas was among the SCOTUS justices who voted 6-3 to overturn Roe vs. Wade, sending the issue of abortion back to individual states to decide. In a separate opinion piece, Thomas went on to say that in light of the ruling, the Supreme Court should look again “at Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.”
Those rulings relate to respectively to contraception, sodomy, and same-sex marriage.
Related: Openly gay Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald is having none of Clarence Thomas’ B.S.
Speaking to King yesterday, Clinton summed up Thomas as a person motivated by “Resentment, grievance, anger.”
She wasn’t just basing her opinion on his comments last week. She’s known him for decades.
“I went to law school with him. He’s been a person of grievance for as long as I have known him.
“Resentment, grievance, anger … women are going to die, Gayle. Women will die.”
Justice Thomas wrote that SCOTUS should reconsider cases that secure the rights for same-sex marriage and contraception.@HillaryClinton says he has “signaled” that he wants conservative judges and state legislatures to “Find cases. Pass laws.” pic.twitter.com/26d0zSL2nx
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) June 28, 2022
Thomas has long been an opponent of Roe vs. Wade. Clinton suggested he has worked long toward this moment. She said she felt Thomas, in his use of wording, was sending out a signal to other judges to pass their cases up to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
“He has signaled in the past to lower courts, to state legislatures to find cases, pass laws, get them up,” Clinton said, adding Thomas’s message to conservative judicial activists has been, “I may not get them the first, the second, or the third time, but we’re going to keep at it.”
Related: Lori Lightfoot just said what everyone else is thinking about Clarence Thomas
Although Thomas has indicated a willingness to look at LGBTQ issues, other conservative voices at SCOTUS have been less forthcoming.
Justice Samuel Alito said his opinion applied only to abortion and the same reasoning they had applied could not be extended to Griswold, Lawrence, or Obergefell.
“Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”
Some on the right, such as Senator Lindsay Graham, have seized on this as evidence that same-sex marriage is safe with the Supreme Court. Graham told Fox News Sunday, “Alito, I think, set the right tone. He said nothing in this decision puts those cases at risk. The reason he decided that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided is because it deals with the potential for life.”
However, there were those on the right who previously thought SCOTUS would never overturn Roe vs.Wade, and yet here we are.
Mario
“Resentment, grievance, anger.”
Sounds like Hillary is describing herself.
Oh, the irony.
kish
This keen observation is based on?
novadude
How about “Ignorant, uninformed and foolish” as descriptions for yourself?
Get thee back under thy bridge, troll.
inbama
@Mario
She should have been president.
Russia would’ve been too scared to attack Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of COVID deaths would have been avoided, four liars would not be sitting on the Supreme Court taking away the rights of Americans, and there’d be no need of a committee to investigate the attempted overthrow of the government by the worst criminal in United States history.
Chrisk
Oh the projection once again from the right wing troll. She’s been an advocate for community service her whole life. That’s not a description normal people would ever give her.
“Clinton advocated for healthcare reform. In 1994, her major initiative—the Clinton health care plan—failed to gain approval from Congress. In 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a leading role in advocating the creation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act.”
dbmcvey
Hey Mario. Are you sad because you realize HIllary Clinton, despite everything, is still so much better than you are? Does that make you sad because you realize you’ve just spent your life sitting on your butt sadly pecking away making nasty comments that you get paid for by some Russian thug and you’ve realized no one loves you and if you died your body wouldn’t be discovered for weeks until you had rotted and maggots burst out of your chest? Sad, I know, but you can turn it around. You can do something worthwhile like picking up garbage along the freeway. Make your life worthwhile!
EricLA
Sweety, forget to take your meds this morning?
Bosch
Oof, I hope the troll farm isn’t paying you, because you really suck at this.
LumpyPillows
Did the right wing leave a bridge without its resident roll?
ZzBomb
Still can’t seem to find anything illegal in her emails, huh?
My2CentsWorth
Mario is another troll who needs to be ignored.
mailliw110
What! Nothing about her emails?
barryaksarben
This woman has served this country her whole adult life. What have YOU ever done? Except support that lying traitor and his conman family? He i full of resentment , grievance and anger that no one believes his BIG LIE. He wont be remembered for anything EXCEPT the “BIG LIE” LOL what a great thing to be known for. She was a senator, sec of state and a first lady. SHe cares about this country and preserving it for the future where he and you are willing to destroy it so some cis straight white bald bloated pig feel like a big man when he is the exact opposite,
JPB
Hillary was right, asshole!
SPEEDOSWIMMER
Mario = RUSSIAN BOT internet TROLL
Den
How so, cow? Be specific. Her writings indicate no such thing. And as someone I assume is over 8 years old you should understand your imagination is not reality.
Den
Actually, Hillary knows him. You know neither of them.. You don’t even understand epistemology, clearly.But here’s a hint, your imagination remains your imagination no matter how hard you wish it were real.
GlobeTrotter
“In a separate opinion piece, Thomas went on to say that in light of the ruling, the Supreme Court should look again ‘at Griswold, Lawrence, Obergefell AND LOVING'”
There. Fixed it for you Justice Thomas. You’re welcome!
cheks
Came to say the same thing. There’s nothing in Loving that separates it from the others based on his assumption that the court was legislating on federal grounds things which belong to the states. And the countries “history and traditions” certainly favor anti-miscegenation laws.
Paul Griggs
Hillary Clinton has too little respect for other people and will say just about anything in her insane lust for power and attention. Thomas is a brilliant jurist and serves on the highest court in the land. By all accounts, he is quiet, polite and considerate to his co-workers. The fact that he has different political views than Clinton does not justify her unfounded smear attack. Clinton is still looking for ways to get power and has never been interested in anything except herself. Of all the wonderful female leaders in this country, how did she rise to the top?
Chrisk
I love how she still makes right wingers like yourself heads explode. It’s like a pavlov thing.
Funny I’ve never heard anyone describe him that way.
dbmcvey
Except that she’s right about Clarence Thomas.
Mario
When Hillary said those things about Justice Thomas, she was projecting.
Bosch
When republicans call gays groomers, they are projecting.
LumpyPillows
Thomas is quietly one of the most evil people in government.
smittoons
Because she worked really f*cking hard and actually helped people along the way.
Thomas blatantly said he wants the country’s courts to help him go after gay rights next and you come here to an LGBT+ forum to say everyone should cut him some slack because he’s… polite in the workplace? Where the heck do you get that kind of nerve?
mailliw110
Still finding pubic hairs on Coke cans?
JPB
You as well – Hillary was right, asshole!
Paulie P
From one Paul to another….Thomas and his wife are a threat to the American public. She for her involvement in January 6th and he for the any decision he is part of while on the SCOTUS. Women will suffer. Die and risk injury based on a decision he was part of. Children of this earth will suffer in the near future from his vote on the emissions act. Kiss clean air goodbye. Gay marriage is next on his list. Contraception, watch out.
The fact that he after the Anita Hill hearing has has anything to do with Washington is ridiculous.
BrewTwnBoy
Clarence Thomas brilliant?? Have you ever read one of his opinions? They are disorganized and have referred to the Magna Carta as justification for his position.
Mario
The issues affecting the votes of the electorate:
CIVIQS poll taken June 28, 2022:
High cost of living/inflation: 37%
Economy in general: 16%
Crime/Violence: 9%
Abortion: 8%
Environment/Climate Change: 7%
Guns: 7%
Immigration: 6%
Voting Rights: 5%
Unemployment/jobs: 3%
Education: 3%
Too bad for Democrats that bread and butter issues, the economy, and crime outpoll abortion.
Chrisk
Exactly what is the Republican plan to fight this then? Crickets..
cheks
The problem is too many Americans are too stupid to understand that the president has very little control over the economy and cost of living. They’d be much better off focusing on state elections.
However, too many people are also too stupid to understand what actually creates wealth for a nation and not just individuals and why blue states carry the majority of the tax burden to bailout and support the major corruption and ineptitude of the red states in this country.
Mario
cheks:
You: “The problem is too many Americans are too stupid to understand that the president has very little control over the economy and cost of living.”
Wrong.
dbmcvey
Mario, does it hurt to be wrong so much? Why don’t you take a rest. Get off your phone, have a snack and take a nap.
Then you can consider just why your life turned out this way and if you really want to keep being this sad, embittered husk whose parents hate him. It’s not too late!
Bosch
You’re really bad at staying on topic, aren’t you? No real arguments, so you just try to distract people.
Chance that mario is full of shit: 100%
Chance that someone loves mario: 2%
Mario’s success rating as a troll: 0%
Mario’s level of happiness: -7251674%
Awww. Poor sad mario.
mailliw110
Our government does not control prices or the economy in general. Crime is up around the world. Abortion is illegal in half the states. Climate change is not happening and guns are not on the agenda with any republican. Why is legal immigration a problem with you? The republicans want to make it impossible to vote. Unemployment at 3% would be any republicans wet dream. Not sure what 3% of education means.
barryaksarben
But you on the right dont believe in polls just like everything else you only believe it if it is line with your crap. I think you may regain control in the mid terms but after these draconian court decisions take full efffect that wont last. The VAST majority of AMericans want abortion, to say nothing of how many want contraception and are just fine with gay rights. DO you , as a gay man< (hehe right) think they should ban gay marriage. Like I give one shit about waht a troll like you thinks, She is a honorable AMerican unlike your coup leading bloated pos Trump
barryaksarben
Obviously you cant add. Tyr adding up abortion, gun control , climate change, immigration and voting rights and the rest of our concerns and you will lose
Den
Too bad for regressives like you that most respondents to that poll understand that inflation is worldwide and not related to the things that you imagine democrats have done. People who go to the Daily Kos are not cows like you.
Mario
Mario
barryaksarben:
It’s clear YOU can’t add.
When you add these three issues together, you get 62%:
High cost of living/inflation: 37%
Economy in general: 16%
Crime/Violence: 9%
Additionally, many of the people who put immigration down as their first concern are conservatives who are opposed to Biden’s open borders and illegal aliens flooding their communities.
Furthermore, voting rights are a concern for conservatives who fear that liberals are stealing elections through voter fraud by letting illegal aliens vote and by fudging numbers when counting ballots. Do remember: Every ballot cast by an illegal alien is undermining the legitimate vote of an American citizen. That’s a voting rights issue, too.
Mister P
Had Hillary Clinton won we would be far better off. Of course, she did win the popular vote.
Now we have a small minority dictating policy for everyone.
Mario
Having the PEOPLE decide critical issues – like abortion laws – is called democracy.
I’m sorry that you don’t believe in democracy. You have much in common with the MAGA rioters on January 6, 2021.
Obviously, we need to protect our vital democratic institutions from the likes of you.
dbmcvey
Hey Mario, THE PEOPLE didn’t decide this. The Supreme Court did. I’m sorry that you don’t grasp facts. Maybe it’s time to take a rest. Get off your computer and just stare out the screen door for awhile.
Bosch
Here’s mario again, pretending republican scams are somehow democratic. Was there a referendum on abortion rights Mario? Whaaat? There wasn’t? You mean you’re full of shit?
LumpyPillows
The fact we made the mistake of not electing Hillary, a supremely skilled woman, will reverberate negative for the planet now for decades.
barryaksarben
We have sufferred as a nation because we did not elect her as she BELIEVES in democracy and this country while Trump only thinks of himself as he proved trying to stage a coup. No need to see or hear ANYTHING else. The GOP is anti-American and no real Ameircan will ever vote for them again
Mister P
If the president could control inflation and the cost of living why wouldn’t he? You are like Dumpf in that
if it’s good, Trump gets the credit, if it’s bad, blame others.
Stop being a troll.
Bosch
A troll can’t change his nature. Besides, this is the only way he can climax.
scotty
i refuse to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed troll.
Ronbo
Who here supported the inherent bigotry of DADT and DOMA? Guess which president pushed, passed and signed both with the full support of his wife?
We need to to support people who supported us when we needed it most. Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden spoke up and helped change things for the better. Hillary campaigned for over 40 years saying, “Marriage will ALWAYS be between one man and one woman.”
mailliw110
Just like the Dixie Democrats, people change for better or worse.
Ronbo
Change isn’t an all or nothing situation. It’s usually by dribs and drabs. She supported DADT and DOMA until brave people worked to stop them. Even then, Hillary as Sect. of State went against our community and removed all mention of lesbian and gay adoption within the State Department.
Next, let’s talk about her support of helping corporations and hurting workers with her support of NAFTA and all the neoliberal nonsense that she shares with Republicans.
barryaksarben
BULLSHIT LIES. When she was running on HER platform not Bill’s she was 100% on our side. You are a lying pos but hey you support the “BIG LIE” so no one will believe anything you have to say. Just like your bloated bald orange idol you use just a tiny bit of past history and then make shit up. LIES nothing but troll lies
Ronbo
My first political rally was with my Mom, who raised my uncle who was gay. Hillary’s introduction speech for her soon-to-be govenor husband used the line, “Marriage will ALWAYS be between one man and one woman,” my mother stood up and turned her back.
I miss her so much. Acceptance, compassion and bravery are far too rare these days. We don’t need ‘enemies lists’, we need to list and highligh our supporters. What you focus upon grows.
mailliw110
So you focus on what someone said over 40 years ago?
barryaksarben
Yes, lets look at what other people said 40 yrs ago like Mitch and all the republicans like Strom thurmond. People change and w Bill CLinton did more for gays than any past president except Obama and the gop has fought us every single step of the way and all gay people KNOW that so FU and your bloated bald orange idol
Mario
Ronbo:
You give evidence for one important thing: Hillary Clinton is nothing more than a political opportunist. When most people opposed same-sex marriage, she opposed it. When most people supported it, she supported it.
She learned this strategy from her husband, Bill. When Bill was governor of Arkansas he was pro-life. When he ran for president, he was pro-choice.
Two peas in the same pod.
Ronbo
No, she said it throughout her career – mostly in campaign speeches up until Hillary ran for president. As Sect. of State, Hillary had all mention of adoption by gay and lesbian parents removed from their policy positions. That was under President Obama.
People do change. But, if you read her book, she said that she is proud and has no regrets of her conservative upbringing and positions.
Don’t confuse political expediency with a sincere change of heart. Biden and Pelosi took actual risk and steps to help our community. Hillary reversed her path giving speeches attacking our community when she needed our community and our votes.
Ronbo
I’m glad she stopped hating on our community in public speeches. But waiting until the polling changed and then switching positions isn’t exactly brave. It’s self-serving and those opinions could change back just as easily.
Mario
Ronbo:
Lest we forget that when she was young, Hillary was a “Goldwater Girl.”
radiooutmike
Mario:
Goldwater also warned of religion talking over the US government [if the Republicans cozied up to them, as they did.]
GreekKeys
Interviewer: Democrats seem to be going out of their way to lose elections by elevating activist causes, notably the transgender debate, which are relevant only to a small minority. What sense does it make to depict JK Rowling as a fascist?
Clinton: We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy, and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window. Look, the most important thing is to win the next election. The alternative is so frightening that whatever does not help you win should not be a priority.
LMG
It’s unfortunate that so much time and words have to be spent responding to this never ending piece of gowno named Mario. To this day I can still see that Turd Comey opening his big mouth 11 days prior to a national election and saying that he was reopening the investigation of Hillary’s emails. Nine days later he said: “There was nothing there.” He should have been publicly executed before a firing squad for his stupidity and breaking the law regarding political announcements within the time orbit of an election. And Obama should have replaced this Republican(!) as head of the FBI as soon as he took office. “There are no accidents!” And now our country teeters on the edge of an abyss thanks to a Lard Ass walking carnage who wasn’t even fit to clean gas station toilets; and gave us fools like this Mario who has no life except to spew drivel about Hillary and any Democrat who tweaks his pea brain.
Mehki
I thought the 3 words would be, That rat bastard, but those 3 will do.