{"id":1975095,"date":"2023-07-17T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-far-left-minnesota-ag-compares-clarence-thomas-to-house-slave-from-django\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T16:50:58","slug":"watch-far-left-minnesota-ag-compares-clarence-thomas-to-house-slave-from-django","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-far-left-minnesota-ag-compares-clarence-thomas-to-house-slave-from-django\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Minnesota AG Equates Clarence Thomas to &#8216;Django&#8217; House Slave"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwatch-far-left-minnesota-ag-compares-clarence-thomas-to-house-slave-from-django%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=1975095&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>\n \u2063 <\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota Attorney\u200d General Compares \u200bJustice Clarence Thomas \u2064to Villainous House Slave<\/h2>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Last \u200cweek, Democratic Minnesota\u200b attorney\u2063 general Keith\u200b Ellison\u200d made controversial\u2063 remarks comparing Supreme Court\u200c justice \u2063Clarence Thomas to the \u2064villainous house\u2063 slave from \u2062the\u2064 movie\u2063 <em>Django Unchained<\/em>. Ellison \u200bwent as far as calling for Thomas to be impeached.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200b   <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody\u200c who\u2019s \u200dwatched the movie <em>Django<\/em>\u2014just watch Stephen and\u2064 you see Clarence Thomas,&#8221; Ellison said. &#8220;Clarence \u200dThomas \u2062has decided \u2063that\u200d his best \u2064personal interest is siding\u200b with the\u200c powerful and\u200d the special interests\u2062 regardless as to \u200bwho\u200d they\u2019re going to hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the movie Ellison\u200d referenced, <em>Django Unchained<\/em>, the antagonist\u2063 character Stephen,\u200c played by Samuel L. Jackson, is \u2062a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-i-really-feel-about-black-women\/\" title=\"How I Really Feel About Black Women\">house slave<\/a> who considers \u2064himself above the other slaves and is \u200bloyal to\u2064 the\u200c cruel \u200dplantation owner.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Ellison has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-far-left-minnesota-ag-compares-clarence-thomas-to-house-slave-from-django\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Minnesota AG Equates Clarence Thomas to 'Django' House Slave\">made\u200d similarly inflammatory\u2062 comments<\/a> \u200cbefore.\u2062 The\u2062 Minnesota\u200b attorney\u200b general in 2022 <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/keith-ellison-blames-police-for-damage-from-george-floyd-riots\/\">blamed<\/a> \u200dthe\u200b police for\u2063 damage from \u2064the 2020 George Floyd riots, saying their\u2064 misconduct \u200bmade \u2063them responsible \u2062for the \u2064&#8221;cost of civil\u2063 unrest.&#8221; A law school \u2064classmate in 2017 <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/classmate-keith-ellison-said-jews-want-to-oppress-minorities-all-over-the-world\/\">recounted<\/a> Ellison saying Jews wanted to\u2063 &#8220;oppress minorities \u200dall\u200c over the world,&#8221; calling them &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brown-university-votes-for-reparations-to-atone-for-abolitionist-founder\/\" title=\"Brown University Votes For Reparations to Atone For Abolitionist Founder\">slave traders<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u200d <\/p>\n<p>Ellison\u2062 and other Democrats have\u2063 criticized\u2063 Thomas for \u200chis \u2064recent votes \u200con key \u2063cases \u2064before the High Court, \u2064including last month&#8217;s \u2062ruling ending \u2064the use of race\u200b in college admissions. Thomas\u2063 wrote\u200c a <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/22pdf\/20-1199_hgdj.pdf\">concurring opinion<\/a> emphasizing \u200dthe importance \u2062of &#8220;equality under the \u200dlaw&#8221; \u2063and\u200d seeing \u2063&#8221;individuals as\u2064 individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s\u200d a lesson to us as \u200cAfrican Americans,&#8221; Ellison said. &#8220;What\u2064 is the\u200b lesson? \u200cWe \u200dall thought, \u200d\u2018Well, he\u2019s \u200ba black\u200c man raised in the deep South. \u200dHe knows what racism and segregation\u2064 is. \u200bHe knows\u200d what affirmative \u200baction\u200c is. \u200cHe\u2019s\u2064 going\u2064 to \u200ccome\u200b around one day. Understand \u2064that it&#8217;s \u2064not \u2063a matter of\u200c pigment.\u2064 It\u2019s not what\u2019s on your \u200dskin\u2014it\u2019s \u2062what\u2019s in your\u200c mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2062   <\/p>\n<p>Ellison \u2062said \u2064Thomas is &#8220;abdicating\u2062 his responsibility&#8221; and called for him to\u2062 be \u2063impeached.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clarence Thomas is illegitimate and has \u200bno \u2063basis in the \u2064job\u200b that\u200c he\u2064 is in,&#8221; Ellison\u200c said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison recently likened Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas to the villainous house slave in Django Unchained, urging for his impeachment. 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