The billionaire benefactor who’s been supplying Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with luxury trips for over two decades is also a collector of Nazi artifacts with a garden full of dictator statues.
ProPublica’s bombshell story about Thomas accepting free trips on private planes and fancy yachts from white Texas real estate mogul/erstwhile Bond villain Harlan “But You Can Call Me Jim” Crow takes a deep dive into his “quiet life” in Dallas.
Ah yes, there’s nothing quite like the unmatched universal inner peace and serenity one finds whilst sitting near a statue of Stalin or Chairman Mao at “The Harlan Crow Library.”
A Supreme Court Justice strolled past not one, not two, but THREE different Lenin statues in various poses (pensive! strong! holding a book!) and thought, “This is fine.”
That’s just scratching the surface of Crow’s statuary garden celebrating the worst people in history.
Crow’s crazy collection also features exclusive works by a self-described “boho artist” whose promising career was sidetracked when he decided some genocide was more profitable, Adolf “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” Hitler.
Harlan’s Hitler artifacts include two of his paintings of European cityscapes, a signed copy of Mein Kampf, and assorted Nazi memorabilia.
You know, as one does.
What ProPublica can’t explain is just why Clarence Thomas was fine with essentially being bought by a rich white man when he was earning his own six-figure SCOTUS salary.
It can’t just be that rich people hate to spend their own money. Rich white “Jim” Harlan Crow wanted to buy himself a Black man and so he did.
But what else did Crow buy with those trips to his California compound, “Bohemian Grove”? Did he compromise Clarence in any way? Did Crow influence any of his decisions?
You know, like the ones concerning Donald Trump when he should’ve recused himself because his wife, Ginni, loves Trump more than her own husband?
It doesn’t end with the Supreme Court, though.
Harlan Crow’s evil acquisitions don’t just live in his own backyard. They also reflect very badly on anyone anywhere in the world who associates themselves with him and his family just because they have money.
Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, has been linked to Harlan’s brother, Trammell Crow, Jr (these names just get worse, don’t they?) who’s been accused of financing a global sex trafficking ring.
I’m calling Trammel Crow “Camel Toe” from now on, because how could I not?
So far, Clarence has only said he “wasn’t aware” he was breaking any Supreme Court rules by accepting the trips, but this is also the same guy who lied and said he didn’t sexually harass Anita Hill.
And he’s still the same guy married to the woman who plotted January 6th along with Trump and his closest aides.
Thankfully, Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) has already released a statement saying the Democratic-controlled Senate will be investigating Clarence Thomas.
“The highest court in the land shouldn’t have the lowest ethical standards,” Durbin’s statement begins. “Justice Thomas has for years accepted luxury travel on private yachts and jets and a litany of other gifts that he failed to disclose.”
“This behavior is simply inconsistent with the ethical standards the American people expect of any public servant, let alone a Justice on the Supreme Court,” Durbin’s statement concludes.
Twitter is very eager to see Thomas impeached, to say the least. Maybe they can get a twofer and lock Ginni up, too.
Let’s normalize Supreme Court Justices (Clarence Thomas) not taking secret gifts from billionaire donors (Harlan Crow) who collect Nazi memorabilia.https://t.co/1myzEag73E pic.twitter.com/lQ97HxXC2a
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 8, 2023
We need to all just keep referring to Thomas as “Harlan Crow funded Justice Clarence Thomas.”
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) April 8, 2023
Harlan Crow’s Nazi memorabilia collection includes Adolf Hitler’s teapot engraved with a swastika and Hitler’s initials. pic.twitter.com/9XEKJdGwau
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) April 8, 2023
Whose name is Trammell ffs
Why do these assholes always have Bond villain names
— Tara Dublin ((isn’t paying for this)) (@taradublinrocks) April 8, 2023
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