Two views of Justice Clarence Thomas emerged along party lines during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on ethics in the Supreme Court.
Democrats framed the court's longest-serving justice as a lackey of right-wing"dark money," attacks Republicans countered are based on racist tropes.
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz asked expert witness Mark Paoletta if the suggestion that Thomas's decisions were influenced by the political activities of his wife were an"attempt to try to invoke a racist trope that black people are not as intelligent and are more persuadable," with Paoletta agreeing that it was.
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