{"id":1977444,"date":"2023-07-19T14:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-whitewashes-vile-racist-comments-aimed-at-clarence-thomas-by-black-ag\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T14:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:20:46","slug":"cbs-news-whitewashes-vile-racist-comments-aimed-at-clarence-thomas-by-black-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-whitewashes-vile-racist-comments-aimed-at-clarence-thomas-by-black-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News downplays racist remarks targeting Clarence Thomas made by a Black Attorney General."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fcbs-news-whitewashes-vile-racist-comments-aimed-at-clarence-thomas-by-black-ag%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=1977444&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>Minnesota\u200d Democratic\u200d Attorney \u2062General \u200bKeith\u200d Ellison has recently \u2064come \u200dunder fire\u200c for \u200bhis criticism\u200c of Supreme \u2064Court\u200d Justice <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joy-behar-whitesplains-racism-to-actual-black-americans-tim-scott-and-clarence-thomas\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">Clarence Thomas<\/a>.\u200d However, Ellison&#8217;s \u200ccomments took \u200da disturbing turn \u2062when he made\u200b a\u2063 vile and \u200cracist comparison,\u200c likening\u200c Thomas to \u200da &#8220;house\u2063 slave.&#8221; \u200bShockingly, \u2064CBS \u200cNews chose to \u2063cover \u200bEllison&#8217;s\u2064 criticism without acknowledging the\u200b racist \u200battack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tucker-carlson-reacts-to-george-floyd-body-cam-footage-slams-ag-keith-ellison-for-refusing-to-release-it\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">Ellison<\/a>,\u200c who \u200dis black \u200chimself, suggested that Thomas, the\u2062 second \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-not-streaming-clarence-thomas-doc-during-black-history-month\/\" title=\"Amazon Not Streaming Clarence Thomas Doc During Black History Month\">black justice<\/a> \u200dto\u200d serve \u200con the Supreme \u2064Court, \u200cwas \u200ccomplicit in suppressing the \u200bfreedom of \u200bothers, much like \u200ca house slave \u2064who worked alongside\u200d the slave master.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p>\u2063 <p\u200d lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former DNC Chief Keith\u2063 Ellison: \u2062<\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody \u200bwho&#8217;s watched\u2062 the\u200c movie\u2063 &#8216;Django,&#8217; \u2063just watch Stephen, and \u2064you\u200c see \u200bClarence \u2062Thomas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Stephen character\u200c was a house\u2064 slave that conspired\u2062 with \u2064his\u2063 slave \u2062master\u200b to\u200d impede\u2063 Django&#8217;s \u2062quest\u200d for freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/naIUzv4FYf\">pic.twitter.com\/naIUzv4FYf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller \u200b(@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1680963065234300928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well, Clarence Thomas\u2062 \u2026 all\u200d you \u200dgot \u200bto \u2026\u200d anybody who\u2019s watched the\u200b movie \u2018Django,\u2019 just watch\u200d Stephen, and\u200d you see \u2062Clarence \u2063Thomas,&#8221;\u2062 Ellison said.\u2064 &#8220;Clarence Thomas has\u200b decided\u200b that \u200dhis \u2062best personal\u200c interests\u200c lie with the \u2064powerful and\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">special interests<\/a>, regardless\u200d of \u2063who\u200b they may \u200bharm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b <\/p>\n<p>GOP\u200b Rapid Response\u200d Director \u2063Jake Schneider\u200d shared a \u2063screenshot\u200d of local CBS \u2062News affiliate WCCO\u2019s coverage\u2064 of \u2062Ellison\u2019s\u2064 remarks.\u200c While the headline indicated \u2062criticism of Justice Thomas, there was no mention\u2062 of\u2064 the\u200d racially\u2063 charged\u200c comparison \u2063Ellison had made.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAG \u2064Ellison says Justice \u200bClarence Thomas \u2063\u2018needs\u200d to be impeached\u2019 \u200breport says,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u2064 data-width=\"500\" \u200ddata-dnt=\"true\"><p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keith Ellison\u200d compared Clarence Thomas\u200c to\u2062 a \u200chouse\u2063 slave and this \u2063is how \u2064the Minnesota\u2063 media \u2064decided \u200bto cover it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Not \u2063even \u2064a mention \u200dof \u2063his disgusting remark. \u2064<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TAet16NsvH\">pic.twitter.com\/TAet16NsvH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bJake Schneider (@jacobkschneider)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobkschneider\/status\/1681298681683935232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u200d 18,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not\u200c even a mention \u2064of\u200b his\u200b disgusting remark,&#8221; Schneider \u2064commented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u2063left\u2019s vile, vicious \u200battempts to\u200c smear Justice Thomas are utterly \u200ctransparent.\u200d They just \u2062can\u2019t stand \u200dthat he \u200bdoesn\u2019t share their radical orthodoxy,&#8221; observed \u2063Senator Ted Cruz\u200c (R-TX) \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1681039715166814209\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p><b \u200cdata-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>George\u2063 Washington University\u2062 law\u2062 professor Jonathan \u200cTurley\u2063 also criticized Ellison for \u200dhis comments. He \u2063questioned\u200c whether Democrats like\u200d Ellison, \u200dwho ran on\u2062 promises to \u200cend hateful rhetoric, would hold\u2063 themselves\u200d accountable for \u2064their\u2062 own divisive language.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u2062 class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"> <p\u2063 lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026Putting aside his \u2062absurd claim\u200b that \u200bThomas \u2062is \u200cillegitimate \u200bbecause \u200dEllison\u200d disagrees\u2063 with\u200d his rulings, Ellison \u200bportrayed him\u2062 to\u2064 a\u2062 house slave because\u2062 of his race.\u200d He did not declare \u200cAlito or\u200b Gorsuch as house slaves or illegitimate. Just\u200c Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan \u200dTurley \u2064(@JonathanTurley) <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1680976735012003841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Turley\u2064 pointed\u200d out that \u2062Ellison singled \u200cout Thomas, the \u2063only black justice\u2062 on the Supreme Court,\u200d for\u200c his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-whitewashes-vile-racist-comments-aimed-at-clarence-thomas-by-black-ag\/\" title=\"CBS News downplays racist remarks targeting Clarence Thomas made by a Black Attorney General.\">racially\u200c charged attack<\/a>. This raises \u2062questions about \u2063Ellison&#8217;s motives\u2064 and \u2063whether\u200c he is truly \u200ccommitted \u2063to combating\u200b hatred\u2064 and bigotry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison recently criticized Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, including a racist reference. Surprisingly, CBS News covered the criticism without acknowledging the racist attack. Ellison, who is black, targeted Thomas, the second black justice on the nation&#8217;s highest court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1977445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977444","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}