The nation's capital is 'broken in some ways,' Justice Thomas says
Justice Clarence Thomas.
Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday complained about a lack of civility in Washington, D.C., asserting that the nation’s capital is “broken in some ways.”
“At some point,” Thomas said, “we are going to have to recognize that we are destroying our institutions.” He commented in an appearance at the Heritage Foundation as he marks 25 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, report USA Today, the Associated Press and CNN.
“We have decided rather than confront disagreements and the differences of opinion, we will simply annihilate the person who disagrees with me,” Thomas said. “I don’t think that’s going to work in a republic, in a civil society.”
Thomas explained why he doesn’t like opera (he likes it, but “I just don’t want to be around the people who like opera”), and also explained why he loves traveling the country with his wife in an RV.
“An RV park is very democratic with a small d,” Thomas said. “It is some of everybody.”
Thomas recalled the time he was refueling his RV at a gas station in Georgia. A trucker approached and asked, “Anybody ever tell you that you look like Clarence Thomas?”
