{"id":1534316,"date":"2022-07-01T07:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534316"},"modified":"2022-07-01T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:34:10","slug":"failed-cnn-host-rex-chapman-slammed-for-racist-tirade-against-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-cnn-host-rex-chapman-slammed-for-racist-tirade-against-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed CNN+ Host Rex Chapman Slammed For \u2018Racist\u2019 Tirade Against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ffailed-cnn-host-rex-chapman-slammed-for-racist-tirade-against-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas%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=1534316&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--><p>Rex Chapman, a former NBA player who became a drug addict and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix\/2016\/03\/18\/former-suns-player-rex-chapman-sentenced-supervised-probation-apple-store-thefts\/81974726\/\">convicted criminal<\/a>, launched a vicious tirade against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Thursday that was deemed by many to be racist.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman, who had a <a href=\"https:\/\/cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/18\/rex-chapman-joins-cnn\/\">show<\/a> on CNN+ before the streaming service was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report\">abruptly canceled<\/a> because it was a total failure, began his attacks on Thomas by sharing a 2018 video from when Thomas \u201cattended the graduation event of Christendom college students along with Late Justice Antonin Scalia\u2019s son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chapman, who is white, complained, \u201cNot another person of color in the picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The time Justice Clarence Thomas attended the graduation event of Christendom college students along with Late Justice Antonin Scalia&#8217;s son. 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Not another person of color in the picture\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ErWyeVtaLc\">pic.twitter.com\/ErWyeVtaLc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc (@RexChapman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RexChapman\/status\/1542671642127732736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the thing I think is most funny about this is that these white kids and their parents view this as their entry into black America,\u201d Chapman continued. \u201cClarence Thomas would last 20-30 seconds in an NBA locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chapman then complained that Thomas never came to watch him play professional basketball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy have you never seen Clarence Thomas at an NBA game? As in \u2014 ever?\u201d he continued. \u201cBill Clinton used to come to our games in Landover with the Bullets. Clarence Thomas \u2013 never.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Notable responses to Chapman included:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan McLaughlin<\/strong>, National Review: \u201cBecause he\u2019s 74 years old? He\u2019d last longer than you\u2019d last in a Supreme Court argument.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because he&#8217;s 74 years old?<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d last longer than you&#8217;d last in a Supreme Court argument. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NDbUwag1vq\">https:\/\/t.co\/NDbUwag1vq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baseballcrank\/status\/1542681319662297088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Cernovich<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cI don\u2019t know what this means but seems racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t know what this means but seems racist. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvEkKQ9oyP\">https:\/\/t.co\/LvEkKQ9oyP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1542697418289864705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zaid Jilani<\/strong>, reporter at News Nation: \u201cThomas is from South Georgia, grew up under brutal poverty and overcame discrimination to become a Yale Law grad and SCOTUS judge. I think he has the life experience to get along with people of all types.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thomas is from South Georgia, grew up under brutal poverty and overcame discrimination to become a Yale Law grad and SCOTUS judge. I think he has the life experience to get along with people of all types.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaidJilani\/status\/1542681361454170112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN political commentator Scott Jennings responded to a separate tweet from Chapman that attacked Thomas and his wife, who is white, and tried to compare them to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is black, and his wife, who is white.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/rex-chapman-suggests-clarence-thomas-black-white-supremacist\">noted<\/a> that the tweet making the comparisons between the two couples was an apparent reference to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, Chapman claimed that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is planning on filling Thomas\u2019 seat on the Supreme Court with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, highlighting how both Thomas and Cameron have White spouses,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably the most racist tweet you\u2019ll see today, courtesy @RexChapman,\u201d Jennings wrote.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Probably the most racist tweet you\u2019ll see today, courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RexChapman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RexChapman<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/azrgL0bowr\">https:\/\/t.co\/azrgL0bowr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1542711471595044864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jennings also commented about Chapman\u2019s tweet about Thomas not lasting in an NBA locker room, writing: \u201c@RexChapman \u2069 casually daydreaming about a black Supreme Court Justice being murdered in an NBA locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RexChapman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RexChapman<\/a>\u2069 casually daydreaming about a black Supreme Court Justice being murdered in an NBA locker room. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2XrihOx9Ca\">pic.twitter.com\/2XrihOx9Ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1542704406642266114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-nba-player-claims-trump-is-locking-mailboxes-in-burbank-gets-instantly-debunked-doubles-down\">Former NBA Player Claims Trump Is Locking Mailboxes In Burbank, Gets Instantly Debunked, Doubles Down<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rex Chapman, a former NBA player who became a drug addict and convicted criminal, launched a vicious tirade against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Thursday that was deemed by many to be racist. Chapman, who had a show on CNN+ before the streaming service was abruptly canceled because it was a total failure, began &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1534419,"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-1534316","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\/1534316","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1534419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}