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The vile nastiness of The View coven was really pulsing on Thursday as the panel used Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement to lash out at Justices Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett. Together, they accused Thomas of being a race traitor and wasn’t the correct kind of black man to replace Justice Thurgood Marshall. With Coney Barrett, they used air quotes when noting she’s “a woman” and suggested she’s a traitor to women.
The bigotry was suffused throughout the entire segment. It first reared its ugly head when co-host Sunny Hostin suggested Thomas didn’t care about other black people:
HAINES: And of course, the representation more than anything, you pointed out, first black woman. There's only been two black men. Those numbers are a little shocking.
SUNNY HOSTIN: And one doesn't really represent the black community.
HAINES: No.
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