Injudicious: Pelosi Calls Barrett Illegitimate As MSNBC s Joy Reid Calls Thomas Uncle Clarence JONATHAN TURLEY
The sobering election results do not seem to have altered the heated rhetoric from Democratic leaders or media figures. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who oversaw another loss of seats in the House, lashed out at Justice Amy Coney Barrett as illegitimate. MSNBC s Joy Reid once again triggered outrage with a reference to Justice Clarence Thomas as Uncle Clarence a clear reference to the racial slur of being an Uncle Tom. There was no outrage in the media which has previously criticized President Trump for attacks on jurists.
It’s Trump’s fault for lowering the tone of our politics.