{"id":660581,"date":"2026-08-31T11:49:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=660581"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:49:45","slug":"clyburn-laments-past-support-for-clarence-thomas-suggests-black-justice-is-a-race-traitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=660581","title":{"rendered":"Clyburn laments past support for Clarence Thomas, suggests black justice is a race traitor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) lamented supporting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, suggesting that the conservative icon is a race traitor.<\/p>\n

The South Carolina kingmaker appeared on this week\u2019s edition of NBC\u2019s flagship Sunday morning \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d where host Kristen Welker asked him about his backing for Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you stand by your decision to make the case for Clarence Thomas\u2019s confirmation?\u201d Welker asked after rolling footage of a younger Clyburn\u2019s testimony praising his \u201cfriend\u201d during his confirmation hearings.<\/p>\n

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James Clyburn says he regrets advocating for Clarence Thomas to join the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will own up to that mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea that Clarence Thomas would rebel the way he has against his own background and experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Disappointed in James here for not just coming\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/LOeJylzqgT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Clyburn responded. \u201cYou know, I have made mistakes in my life, and that\u2019s one that I made. And I will own up to that mistake. The fact of the matter is I had faith and confidence in the fact that his background and experiences would instruct him in his professionalism, especially sitting on the bench.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought sure that he would be there upholding those precedents set down in 1954 in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. I thought that he would follow those court decisions that upheld the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act. I had no idea that Clarence Thomas would rebel the way he has against his own background and experiences,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was raised by his grandfather, and he has shown very little sensitivity to the environment his grandfather grew up, down in Pin Point, Georgia, just south of where I now sit. And so yes, that was a mistake on my part, and I own up to it,\u201d Clyburn told Welker.<\/p>\n

The contentious Thomas confirmation hearings were another disgusting Democrat circus as then Senate Judiciary Committee chair Joe Biden presided over a sleazy spectacle featuring lurid allegations involving Anita Hill, a law professor who accused him of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

At the time, Thomas famously described the travesty as a \u201chigh-tech lynching\u201d but one that ultimately failed because he was confirmed 52-48. But he has endured years of insinuations from bitter black Democrats that he\u2019s an Uncle Tom, with Clyburn\u2019s smear just being the latest of them.<\/p>\n

During his NBC appearance, Clyburn also signaled that the Democrats will look to pack the Supreme Court if they regain power after Welker asked about 2024 \u2013 and possible 2028 \u2013 Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris\u2019 support for adding more leftists to the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s called for expanding the Supreme Court from nine justices to 13. Do you support adding four more seats to the Supreme Court, Congressman?\u201d Welker asked.<\/p>\n

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Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn agrees with Kamala Harris and calls to pack the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

NBC: \u201cDo you support adding 4 more seats?\u201d<\/p>\n

CLYBURN: \u201cYes, I do\u202613 is a pretty good number. A baker\u2019s dozen would be a good number to have on the court.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/L2K5Paf9ZS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYes, I do,\u201d he responded. \u201cI think that we are in a position now that calls from some significant actions taken by the Congress, and we ought to expand \u2014 and 13 is a pretty good number. A baker\u2019s dozen would be a good number to have on the court. And I would hope we would get people on the court who will follow the constitutional underpinnings of this great nation of ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just what the nation needs, four Ketanji Brown Jackson clones.<\/p>\n

Racist statements like his smear of Thomas are totally on brand for Clyburn, whose state will play a big role in who gets the 2028 nomination after it was once again moved to the front of the primary line by the DNC after lobbying by the longtime congressman and Democrat power broker.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) lamented supporting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, suggesting that the conservative icon is a race traitor. The South Carolina kingmaker appeared on this week\u2019s edition of NBC\u2019s flagship Sunday morning \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d where host Kristen Welker asked him about his backing for Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991. \u201cDo… Continue reading Clyburn laments past support for Clarence Thomas, suggests black justice is a race traitor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":660582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=660581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/660582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=660581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=660581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=660581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}