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As
many
of
you
are
well
aware,
Ginni
Thomas,
wife
of
Supreme
Court
Justice
Clarence
Thomas
and
a
political
operative
in
her
own
right,
testified
before
the
January
6th
Committee.
That’s
because
she
was
out
there
acting
like
Forest
Gump
—
getting
her
paws
all
over
the
effort
to
keep
Donald
Trump
in
the
presidency
despite
the
result
of
the
election.
She
sent
a series
of
text
messages
to
Mark
Meadows,
Trump’s
Chief
of
Staff;
she
communicated
with
Coups
4
Dummies lawyer John
Eastman; and pestered
Wisconsin
lawmakers
over
selecting
an
alternative
slate
of
electors.
And
though
the
Committee
did
not
refer
Ginni
to
the
Department
of
Justice
for
criminal
prosecution,
there’s
a
lot
to
unpack
in
her
recently
released
testimony.
The
back
and
forth
between
Ginni
Thomas
and
Meadows
over
text
in
particular
caught
the
attention
of
the
Committee.
And
with
good
reason
—
they’re
pretty
unhinged.
But
of
note
is
what
her
husband
—
a
Supreme
Court
justice
who
had
*repeatedly*
refused
to
recuse
himself
on
matters
related
to
the
2020
election
—
was
up
to
at
that
time.
Hmmm,
that’s
a
very
different
picture
than
what
she
said
during
her
opening
statement.
Back
when
the
opening
statement
was
the
only
information
about
her
testimony
that
we
had,
she
said
that
she
didn’t
speak
with
her
husband
about
her
post-election
activities…
which
strained
credulity.
But
with
this
new
information
well,
it
gets
even
more
side
eye.
It’s
apparent
throughout
her
testimony
that
Ginni
is
trying
to
thread
a
needle
that
she
doesn’t
talk
“details”
(who
she
talks
to,
emails,
etc.)
of
her
work
with
Clarence,
but
somehow,
without
knowing
the
details,
her
husband
provided
her
with
the
motivation
to
“keep
holding
on”
even
as
the
rest
of
the
world
knew
Trump
had
lost
the
election
to
Joe
Biden.
And
she
really
tries
to
sell
that
there’s
a
separation
of
church
and
state
between
her
work
and
her
husband’s
—
even
saying
under
oath,
“I
kind
of
zone
out
when
it
comes
to
legal
issues.”
Which…
weird
flex
for
an
actual
attorney
(Ginni
is
a
graduate
of
Creighton
University
School
of
Law).
And
the
public
is
just
supposed
to
swallow
the
tale
that
it
is
pure
coincidence
that
Clarence
has
to
adjudicate
all
manner
of
controversies
that
intersect
with
his
wife’s
interests
—
even
before
Ginni’s
post-election
advocacy
made
Clarence’s
votes
on
matters
related
to
the
January
6th
committee
super
suspect.
Remember,
she
led
a
grassroots
movement
in
support
of
Trump’s
travel
ban,
worked
for right-wing
think
tanks, and
led
efforts
to
defeat
the
Affordable
Care
Act.
And
if
the
Thomas
household
just
happens
to
make
~$700,000
in
income
for
Ginni’s
advocacy
work
that
—
oopsie!
— Clarence
forgets
to
report
on
disclosure
documents,
well,
what
can
be
done?
A
lifetime
appointment
means
never
having
to
say
you’re
sorry.
But
Ginni
says
she
regrets
the
“tone
and
content”
of
her
texts
—
but
tellingly
testified,
“I’m
regretting
that
they
became
public.”
Because
it’s
not
that
she
tried
with
increasingly
desperate
measures
to
overturn
a
democratic
election,
it’s
that
she
got
caught.
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