The View LIES About Justice Thomas’s Wife Being 'Part of the Insurrection'

Nicholas Fondacaro | February 22, 2022
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In late January, when the cackling coven of The View was attacking podcaster Joe Rogan with accusations of “misinformation,” co-host Sunny Hostin proclaimed they were better than him because they were held to “the ABC News standard.” Well, on Tuesday, Hostin and the panel showed how low the ABC News standard was when they spewed debunked lies against Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, suggesting she was “part of the insurrection” on January 6.

“So, New York Times magazine looks at concerns over the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who’s been a vocal supporter of the 2020 election fraud lie and the January 6 protesters,” Whoopi Goldberg sneered. “I kind of feel like this could be an issue.”

Hostin, a lawyer, whined that “the Supreme Court, they just don't have that same code of conduct” as lower federal benches, “and so, he hasn't recused himself with these cases that his wife is sort of very involved in.

The claim that Ginni was “very involved in” the January 6 riot has been debunked for a while now. Even PolitiFact has found the claims “false.” “There’s no evidence that Thomas was involved in organizing the events that unfolded on Jan. 6,” they wrote. “She has not been subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack and rumors that she helped organize busing for Trump supporters that day have not been supported.”

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