David Brock on Clarence Thomas and supreme court hijack: ‘The original sin’

#David #Brock once attacked #Anita #Hill,
who accused #Clarence #Thomas of sexual harassment.

♦️His new book slams Thomas♦️

Thirty years ago, David Brock made his name as a reporter with 🔸"The Real Anita Hill",
a book attacking the woman who accused Clarence Thomas,
George HW Bush’s second supreme court nominee,
of sexual harassment.

After tempestuous hearings, Thomas was confirmed.
Brock
– who memorably characterized Hill, a law professor, in sexist terms as “a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty”
– was launched as a rightwing media star.

Thirty years on, Thomas still sits on the court, the longest-serving hardliner on a bench tilted 6-3 to the right by three confirmations under Donald Trump.

But Brock switched sides long ago, disillusioned by rightwing lies.

He apologized for smearing Hill and eventually became a prominent Democratic operative, close to Bill and Hillary Clinton.

He founded watchdogs and Super Pacs and kept on writing books.
He dealt with his political conversion 20 years ago in 🔸"Blinded by the Right: the Conscience of an Ex-Conservative".

Now, with🔸 "Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America",
he has returned to what he calls “the original sin” of the modern supreme court:
“Thomas’s perjury to get on the court”
and his allegedly untruthful answers to questions about his treatment of Hill and other women.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

David Brock on Clarence Thomas and supreme court hijack: ‘The original sin’

Brock once attacked Anita Hill, who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. His new book slams Thomas

^{Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)}