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BumRushDaShow

(128,860 posts)
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:10 PM May 2022

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump's loss

Source: Washington Post




Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside Joe Biden’s popular-vote victory and choose “a clean slate of Electors,” according to emails obtained by The Washington Post. The emails, sent by Ginni Thomas to a pair of lawmakers on Nov. 9, 2020, argued that legislators needed to intervene because the vote had been marred by fraud. Though she did not mention either candidate by name, the context was clear.

Just days after media organizations called the race for Biden in Arizona and nationwide, Thomas urged the lawmakers to “stand strong in the face of political and media pressure.” She told the lawmakers the responsibility to choose electors was “yours and yours alone” and said they have “power to fight back against fraud.” Thomas sent the messages via an online platform designed to make it easy to send pre-written form emails to multiple elected officials, according to a review of the emails obtained under the state’s public records law.

The messages show that Thomas, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, was more deeply involved in the effort to overturn Biden’s win than has been previously reported. In sending the emails, Thomas played a role in the extraordinary scheme to keep Trump in office by substituting the will of legislatures for the will of voters. Thomas’s actions also underline concerns about potential conflicts of interest that her husband has already faced — and may face in the future — in deciding cases related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Those questions intensified in March, when The Post and CBS News obtained text messages that Thomas sent in late 2020 to Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, pressing him to help reverse the election. The emails were sent to Russell Bowers, a veteran legislator and speaker of the Arizona House, and Shawnna Bolick, who was first elected to the chamber in 2018 and served on the House elections committee during the 2020 session. “Article II of the United States Constitution gives you an awesome responsibility: to choose our state’s Electors,” read the Nov. 9 email. “… [P]lease take action to ensure that a clean slate of Electors is chosen.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/05/20/ginni-thomas-arizona-election-emails/



Full headline: Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, emails show
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Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump's loss (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 2022 OP
Omg indict her already wildman76 May 2022 #1
! How long can this last. Too many crooks, two few voices. n/t Paper Roses May 2022 #2
Long overdue. SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY. Bluethroughu May 2022 #3
Clarence Thomas needs to resign immediately, or throw out whole republic wildman76 May 2022 #6
Agree 100%... Bluethroughu May 2022 #7
about half of the panel needs to resign and then supreme cout reforms . AllaN01Bear May 2022 #31
It's astonishing how they lied their way to the Supreme Court, grounds for disbarment wildman76 May 2022 #34
Can she at least be subpoenaed? hamsterjill May 2022 #10
Exactly Rebl2 May 2022 #12
I don't see that treasonous piece of trash ...... LenaBaby61 May 2022 #52
From one cult to another. barbaraann May 2022 #4
That happens a lot. SergeStorms May 2022 #25
She is Clarence's other leg. Very special. Nothing to see here... dchill May 2022 #5
Seditious Weasel... GB_RN May 2022 #8
Love your G_P KS Toronado May 2022 #13
The swastika appears to be copy/pasted alt code BumRushDaShow May 2022 #16
Thank you KS Toronado May 2022 #20
You are welcome! BumRushDaShow May 2022 #23
Yes, there's a button on the to copy and paste. ShazzieB May 2022 #36
I just highlight, copy BumRushDaShow May 2022 #37
There Is A Unicode For It... GB_RN May 2022 #17
Thank you KS Toronado May 2022 #24
Glad To Have Helped! GB_RN May 2022 #27
You got "Uncle Slappy" absolutely right!!! Jazzgirl May 2022 #39
It Is Accurate... GB_RN May 2022 #47
So? What's the point of all of these breathless "revelations" when we know nothing will be done? PSPS May 2022 #9
If the media focuses on this BumRushDaShow May 2022 #14
Exactly DENVERPOPS May 2022 #30
And Jazzgirl May 2022 #40
But wait.. there's new news mountain grammy May 2022 #11
Last I heard Hunter's laptop had a bunch of Hillary's emails on it. groundloop May 2022 #21
Wish there was a way KS Toronado May 2022 #15
👍👍👍 Rebl2 May 2022 #18
Outside of impeachment BumRushDaShow May 2022 #19
True.... but Ginni can sure the hell be indicted for meddling with an election. groundloop May 2022 #22
Any Coney Handmaid is another prime example of their shamelessness. Mr. Evil May 2022 #26
So are DENVERPOPS May 2022 #32
No shit! Mr. Evil May 2022 #49
Short of spending an hour looking for which amendment it is KS Toronado May 2022 #28
I think that referenced clause BumRushDaShow May 2022 #35
OH NO! KS Toronado May 2022 #38
Yeah the "2/3rds" BumRushDaShow May 2022 #46
Judges themselves have stricter rules than legislators LeftInTX May 2022 #43
Dolores Umbridge... Probatim May 2022 #29
Is there still any doubt among intelligent, free thinking, wise Americans lees1975 May 2022 #33
I'm guessing that when the Thomas family is at home GarColga May 2022 #41
Clarence was dominated by Scalia Skittles May 2022 #44
I SURE WISH..... drumpfsucks May 2022 #42
welcome to DU gopiscrap May 2022 #53
Her middle names has to be feces. What a despicable excuse for a human being she is. NoMoreRepugs May 2022 #45
While this is going on my question's is why are there "two" United State Senators sitting on turbinetree May 2022 #48
... gldstwmn May 2022 #50
I mean, it's already ok to overturn the popular vote BWdem4life May 2022 #51

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
10. Can she at least be subpoenaed?
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:26 PM
May 2022

Good grief - something!!!! She’s obviously involved up to her eyeballs in this and you know she and ole Clarence strategized together.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
52. I don't see that treasonous piece of trash ......
Mon May 23, 2022, 08:29 AM
May 2022

being indicted. Not seeing "them" go there. Also, rumor has it that Meadows is getting ready to throw that treasonous piece of trash under the bus, and you know her equally treasonous, sexual-harassing, Opus Dei, self-hating, husband WILL defend her to the death. My prediction: Treasonous thomas leaves the court citing medical necessity and they both bounce--with treasonous, self-hating thomas saving his guilty piece of racist, cultish treasonous trash wife. He had nerve to say that the leak ruined the High Court's integrity ..... Nah bruh, you and your Opus Dei, male singing plus one hand-maiden tale, Federalist's appointment to the court ruined Robert's reich-winged, Scalia driven, MoscowMitch hand-picked high court WAYYYY before the leak You self-hating, self-loathing, non-recusing, sexually perverted, guilty of treason clown take your just as equally treasonous, evil, cult-loving Karen of the high-court and bounce already, because of your so-called "medical reasons."

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
25. That happens a lot.
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:11 PM
May 2022

People with addictive personalities will go from one cult to another and many times one extreme to the other.

A Satanist will suddenly join a religious cult.

A gregarious bon vivant suddenly becomes a recluse.

An arch-conservative will suddenly become a bleeding heart liberal.

Their addictive personalities require they go "all in" on one side or the other. There's no middle ground.

GB_RN

(2,347 posts)
8. Seditious Weasel...
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:25 PM
May 2022

And don't tell me her useless, POS of a husband (In)Justice Clarence "Uncle Slappy" Thomas (G卐P-No Questions Allowed) didn't know what she was up to. 🤬

BumRushDaShow

(128,860 posts)
16. The swastika appears to be copy/pasted alt code
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:47 PM
May 2022



https://unicode-table.com/en/5350/

But a good one nonetheless!

Yes you can just copy and paste that or use one of the codes at the link.

ShazzieB

(16,370 posts)
36. Yes, there's a button on the to copy and paste.
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:14 PM
May 2022

Click the button to copy it, then paste it wherever: 卐

GB_RN

(2,347 posts)
17. There Is A Unicode For It...
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:47 PM
May 2022

But it's easier to just copy/paste from here.

If you want the unicode, it's U+534D. How you enter that depends on your operating system/browser.

KS Toronado

(17,199 posts)
24. Thank you
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:11 PM
May 2022

Your link took me to a great site, I enjoy looking around websites like this for new stuff to play with.
It'll be copy & paste for me, have it saved in my "WORDS" notepad.

GB_RN

(2,347 posts)
47. It Is Accurate...
Fri May 20, 2022, 04:44 PM
May 2022

But I can't claim credit for it. That goes to my good friend, Bart (RIP), of Bartcop.com. He had a pic of Uncle Slappy in clown makeup with a ❓ inside a 🚫 on his forehead. Quite apropos, considering his streak of not asking a single question was ongoing during the time that Bart was alive and doing content. His site is still up and you can look at years of issues of his political humor.

As a matter of fact, he gave THIS site a plug when DU opened up. Bart was one of the original liberal bloggers.

BumRushDaShow

(128,860 posts)
14. If the media focuses on this
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:41 PM
May 2022

instead of how "bad" Democrats are doing, then it can perhaps motivate some Democrats to VOTE in their elections.

DENVERPOPS

(8,810 posts)
30. Exactly
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:57 PM
May 2022

Decades ago, I would think that He and His Wife would have been brought up on sedition charges by many of their own republican party. Even right leaning justices would have voted for his immediate removal......

And possibly that the FBI- DOJ would have escorted him out of the Supreme Court for his actions and those of his wife.....

Our Country and Democacy are indeed: CIRCLING THE DRAIN.........

Jazzgirl

(3,744 posts)
40. And
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:33 PM
May 2022

Kavanaugh would never have made it. I don’t understand how he made it in the first place but so many of them are dirty its not even funny.

BumRushDaShow

(128,860 posts)
19. Outside of impeachment
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:49 PM
May 2022

there is no other way to really kick someone off the court.

These loons have no shame so you really can't "shame them" out of their positions unfortunately.

DENVERPOPS

(8,810 posts)
32. So are
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:58 PM
May 2022

all the other right wing federalist Republicans on the Supreme Court........Gorsuch, Mr. I love beer, etc etc

Mr. Evil

(2,839 posts)
49. No shit!
Fri May 20, 2022, 07:02 PM
May 2022

Justice Black-Out-Drunk Beerbong Boof-Boy.

Used to be that being a Supreme Court Justice stood for something. Now, it's all about how much of a boot-licking lackey you'll be. I could make a whole bunch of other snarky comments about the SCOTUS but, I'd just be preaching to the choir.

But, it's actually quite sad when you think about it. It's very disconcerting how easy it is to sacrifice standards.

KS Toronado

(17,199 posts)
28. Short of spending an hour looking for which amendment it is
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:27 PM
May 2022

One of our amendments says something along the lines of.......anyone involved in insurrection against
the United States can not be a Government employee.......it's what the voters in Georgia attempted
to use to rid themselves of M T Greene. Why couldn't it apply to Judges as well?

BumRushDaShow

(128,860 posts)
35. I think that referenced clause
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:13 PM
May 2022

was from the 14th Amendment -

14th Amendment

Amendment XIV

(snip)

Section 3.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv


Not sure how it could apply to Thomas unless there is "proof" of him (vs his wife) doing it.

KS Toronado

(17,199 posts)
38. OH NO!
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:26 PM
May 2022

that last line is gonna hurt us getting rid of congress critters like Gym Jordan
" two-thirds of each House,"

LeftInTX

(25,258 posts)
43. Judges themselves have stricter rules than legislators
Fri May 20, 2022, 03:22 PM
May 2022

Elected officials, with the exception of elected judges, have lots of freedoms.

Govt employees have stricter rules than legislators.


I don't know where SC Justices fall....

Protesting the government/electioneering is prohibited for active duty military/civil service workers etc...(Conflict of interest)

The average civilian has the right to write a letter to their elected officials/govt etc if they don't like election results. It is not considered insurrection. It's called griping and complaining..(aka free speech)

However Clarence Thomas probably would not have that right. (He would have the right to write an opinion if a case falls on the SC docket, so we would get his unhinged opinion in some way, shape or form)

Ginni falls somewhere in the middle.

Probatim

(2,525 posts)
29. Dolores Umbridge...
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:54 PM
May 2022

I can't watch that movie with looking at that woman and thinking of violence.

Maybe the movie was too close to the the Bush/9-11 era and Laura Bush's smug, vacuous face, but some of these conservative women are downright creepy.

lees1975

(3,845 posts)
33. Is there still any doubt among intelligent, free thinking, wise Americans
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:05 PM
May 2022

that this woman was responsible for the leak?

Symbolic though it may be, Clarence Thomas needs to have an impeachment on his record.

GarColga

(124 posts)
41. I'm guessing that when the Thomas family is at home
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:44 PM
May 2022

in the evening, milquetoast Clarence is subjected to a steady diet of FOX News and other right-wing media, plus nonsensical diatribes from his wife. I bet he is miserable.

Skittles

(153,150 posts)
44. Clarence was dominated by Scalia
Fri May 20, 2022, 03:25 PM
May 2022

Last edited Fri May 20, 2022, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm thinking he is also dominated by Ginni

I sure hope he is miserable.

drumpfsucks

(43 posts)
42. I SURE WISH.....
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:47 PM
May 2022

there was a good group of ANTI-MAGA folks in AZ to YELL and SCREAM about this DC/SCOTUS invasion of political system.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
48. While this is going on my question's is why are there "two" United State Senators sitting on
Fri May 20, 2022, 06:49 PM
May 2022

the sideline still siding with the filibuster on Voting Rights, when a sitting US Supreme court justice is basically just saying FU to the entire country his wife and the federalist society sitting on the bench is basically saying FU to the voters, and too just add more insult, the country now has a party a full blown authoritarian wanna be party going over to a authoritarian country and looking at a right wing state authoritarian model to turn this country into a nationalist state just like Hungary.....the same country that is going around spewing the same replacement theory BS, so that "he" and his party can stay in power because Orban also uses the racists card a lot.............

BWdem4life

(1,661 posts)
51. I mean, it's already ok to overturn the popular vote
Sat May 21, 2022, 01:48 AM
May 2022

and install someone who got several million fewer votes nationwide, so why not just start doing that at the state level as well?

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