{"id":1408232,"date":"2022-03-29T17:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408232"},"modified":"2022-03-29T17:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:59:43","slug":"ron-desantis-backs-clarence-thomas-over-progressive-calls-for-impeachment-greatest-living-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-backs-clarence-thomas-over-progressive-calls-for-impeachment-greatest-living-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Backs Clarence Thomas Over Progressive Calls For Impeachment: \u2018Greatest Living Justice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-desantis-backs-clarence-thomas-over-progressive-calls-for-impeachment-greatest-living-justice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Clarence-Thomas.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) defended Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday as progressive lawmakers push to investigate the judge over his wife\u2019s communications with Trump administration officials.<\/p>\n<p>After a press conference on Tuesday, the Florida governor was apparently asked about the Supreme Court justice. As DeSantis was exiting the room, he turned around and stated that Thomas is \u201cthe greatest living justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I will say is Clarence Thomas is the greatest living justice and one of the greatest public servants in America,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ron DeSantis on Clarence Thomas:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clarence Thomas, greatest living Justice, and one of the greatest public servants in America.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mUql2GsL86\">pic.twitter.com\/mUql2GsL86<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1508866155775152136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thomas is under attack by progressives in the House and other critics after texts his wife sent to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 6 and the months prior were made public last week. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), arguably the most vocal critic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-leads-progressive-calls-to-investigate-justice-clarence-thomas-after-wifes-texts-revealed\">called<\/a> for Thomas to be investigated and potentially impeached on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider this: When we pushed for the 1st impeachment of Trump for illegally withholding aid to Ukraine, initially many Dems internally resisted it,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez began a lengthy Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1508829335263797251\">thread<\/a>\u00a0comparing former President Donald Trump\u2019s first impeachment to the Thomas controversy. \u201cWe were chastised for being \u2018unrealistic,\u2019 that the public wouldn\u2019t be able to follow the plot, and that it would lead nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman went on to claim that Trump\u2019s impeachment proved to be politically advantageous to Democrats, despite \u201cnaysayers and those claiming to be \u2018politically savvier.\u2019\u201d She argued a parallel situation is happening now with Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften what seems like the righteous yet politically foolish thing short term ends up being the wisest choice long term. In politics, oftentimes the best decisions can also carry greatest risk. All this is to say we shouldn\u2019t dismiss actions available re: Clarence Thomas\u2019 acts,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubpoenas, investigations, and impeachment should absolutely be on the table. We shouldn\u2019t have to think twice about that. We must go where the facts take us. A failure to act puts the imperiling of democracy squarely on *our* shoulders. It\u2019s our duty to defend it,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) has backed an investigation into the Supreme Court justice, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has called for Thomas\u2019 ouster from the court.<\/p>\n<p>The progressive outcry against Thomas gained momentum last week after a cache of messages Virginia Thomas, the justice\u2019s wife, sent Meadows on January 6 and in the months prior were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/24\/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts\/\">revealed<\/a>. The messages showed Thomas urged the top Trump official to continue fighting \u201cthe greatest Heist of our History,\u201d referring to the 2020 election. The messages were included in documents Meadows turned over to the House committee investigating January 6.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis and Thomas appeared to have a warm relationship in the past with DeSantis commonly praising the justice. DeSantis and Thomas last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/florida-playbook\/2022\/02\/04\/desantis-supreme-court-connection-00005583\">appeared<\/a> together at a 2020 Federalist Society conference in Disney World at which DeSantis described Thomas as the \u201cgreatest living justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) defended Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday as progressive lawmakers push to investigate the judge over his wife\u2019s communications with Trump administration officials.After a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}