Ugly WashPost Slimes Clarence Thomas as an Uncle Tom for His ‘White Conservative’ Rulings

The Washington Post on Thursday unloaded an ugly attack on Clarence Thomas, seeming to smear the Supreme Court Justice an Uncle Tom. In a story on the relationship between Joe Biden and Democratic Congressman James Clyburn, writer Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Marianna Sotomayor described Thomas as someone “whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives.” 

Here’s the full context. Bennie Thompson is a Democratic Congressman. Post Writers were ripped off: 

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), a friend and ally of Clyburn’s for over 30 years, said even Clyburn’s critics respect his political instincts and his connection with a valuable but often disappointed subset of Democratic voters.

“Nobody that I’m aware of feels that opposing Clyburn’s nomination would be the wise thing to do,” he said. “If you know that a person has been vetted by Jim Clyburn, you know that person won’t go to the court and end up being a Clarence Thomas,” rReferring to Black justice whose rulings frequently resemble White conservative thinking.

That’s right! According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of Uncle Tom is this: “A Black person who is overeager to win the approval of whites.” Sure seems like that’s what the PostIt means. 

Below is a screen capture of the section that offends in the case. Post editors decide to remove it: 

Liberal journalists often make these types of cruel attacks against Thomas. On November 2, 2007, Jeffrey Toobin, who years later would expose his penis to CNN colleagues on a Zoom call, sneered about the conservative justice: “It guy who, sixteen years after he’s been on the court, is as bitter, is as angry, is as isolated from the black community as he was on the day he was confirmed.” 

The Post piece, other than the hateful aside against Thomas, is a puff piece on the relationship between the President and the House Majority Whip and who Clyburn might want to be Biden’s Supreme Court pick. Wootson and Sotomayor laughably describe the deeply liberal Biden and Clyburn as “pragmatic” and “incremental.” 

Other Democrats without a decades-long relationship with Biden or a dinner invite say they worry that the friendship between two of the nation’s most powerful men will drown out their opinions of who should fill Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s Supreme Court seat. It’s a particular concern considering Biden and Clyburn both have reputations for embracing pragmatic, incremental policymaking over liberal causes with less chance of becoming law. 

Where is the world at? Washington PostWhere do writers call home?