In the same breath that he says he doesn’t know the origin of “Uncle Tom,” he uses it to describe Clarence Thomas for having the audacity to have his own beliefs.
This language has no place in America, and certainly has no place on a Senate floor. pic.twitter.com/21zgyz0Ls9
— Tim Scott (@votetimscott) February 15, 2023
There is little doubt that Justice Thomas is the most distinguished and consequential jurist in the history of Georgia. …
It is sad, by the way, that this state representative is so ignorant of history that he not only professes not to know who “Uncle Tom” is but describes the character as someone who “sold his soul to the slave master,” which is exactly the opposite of the hero of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the first black protagonist in American letters, who literally dies rather than compromise his soul — the one thing no man may own — to a slave master. But never mind: any slur to hand.
[Like Dan, I am no fan of erecting statues of living people. Too many things can happen to make it either an anachronism or an embarrassment. However, Georgia has already erected one of Jimmy Carter in its capital, so it’s not as though the precedent doesn’t exist. And to oppose one for Justice Thomas on these grounds is egregiously vindictive and partisan. — Ed]
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