Clarence Thomas tears into lefty notion black people cant be conservative: Indentured servitude

WASHINGTON — A defiant Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas declared himself a “walking contradiction” to his critics for refusing to bow to social pressure for black Americans to have liberal political views.The high court’s second-longest-serving justice in US history explained in a podcast interview how he’s resisted pressure over the decades as one of the most prominent black conservative figures in the country.“When I came to this town, one of the greatest difficulties, if you think about it, was that there were those who thought that I should think a certain way,” Thomas, 78, lamented on the “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast.“They said, ‘Oh, you’re confused.’ Well, I’m not confused.You’re confused.

You confuse me with someone who’s been in indentured servitude or something,” he continued on the episode that dropped Monday.“But at any rate, they think that here’s the way you’re supposed to think again … [because of] your skin color.There’s this kind of deterministic view that you’re supposed to think this because we say so.”Thomas, the second black justice to serve on the Supreme Court, spoke with Sen.

Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at the senator’s book release for “Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas” on Tuesday.Cruz, a former Solicitor General of Texas who argued before the Supreme Court and Thomas in the early 2000s, authored his tome on the justice after conducting roughly nine hours of one-on-one interviews with him. During the interview, Thomas praised Cruz for defending him during the attacks he faced several years ago over his wife’s ties to conservative groups and gifts he received from wealthy elites.He called Cruz and Utah GOP Sen.

Mike Lee “friends” who stood for him and Ginni Thomas.During the podcast interview, Thomas reflected on how family and religion shaped his conservative beliefs. Thomas, who was heavily influenced by his grandfather, recounted clashing with him over the state ...