@mickymorse the thing is, if this were a liberal leaning judge, the howling from Republicans and Faux News would be a category 6 hurricane of noisy anger and apoplectic outrage
I bet we don't hear any of them even mentioning it
@benroyce Clarence Thomas visited dictator Putin's memorials - he chose his favorite form of government, like Ginni, who chose her favorite manipulable, debilitated seatholder of presidential office:
Dictator Putin's mafia state, where corruption, bribability, post-Stalinist personality cult & the will to oppress civil society is a precondition for holding government offices.
#StandWithFreedom #StandWithUkraine #FreeRussia #ArrestPutin #WarOfAggression #WarCrimes #Genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CrimesAgainstPeace #ICJ #ICC #RuleOfLaw #Law #AccountabilityMatters #PutinTribunal #KremlinTribunal
But he did turn down John Oliver's offer on the crazy road mobile 🤗
So therefore he can not possibly be corrupt in any way right 🤔
These trips to Russia by Republicans sure leads to a lot of public corruption, don’t they?
This isn't just about tax breaks, American billionaires are colluding with Putin.
Ron Johnson is funded by Diane Hendricks & Uihlein - funders of Jan 6
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/an-anti-biden-conspirator-ron-johnson-doing-bidding-russia/
https://newrepublic.com/post/178965/ron-johnson-putin-war-ukraine-vote-against-senate-bill
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ron-johnson-reelection/
@benroyce I'd like to see Thomas off the bench ASAP, but I do want to call out the click-baity headline a bit: Putin is from St. Petersburg, which is arguably one of the few tourist destinations in Russia. It's a little like saying someone makes a visit to "Trump's Hometown!" instead of just saying "New York" like a normal person. There could be more to it, but visiting a major city isn't proof of anything by itself.
Again, this doesn't mean the trip wasn't another blatant example of corruption, but it's annoying when news is unnecessarily "spiced up" like this
“Ask not who the shithole countries are. Ask why your country is a shithole country.”