A Democratic congressman refused to apologize for calling Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom” and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a racist, saying he has license to speak because he’s black.
CNN’s Dana Bash on Wednesday asked U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., if he stood by his assertion that Thomas “doesn’t like black people, he doesn’t like being black.”
“Well if you look at his decisions on the court, they have been adverse to the minority community, and the people I represent have a real issue with an African-American not being sensitive to those issues,” Thompson told Bash.Bash asked if his language was a racially charged.
“For some, it is, but to others, it’s the truth,” Thompson responded.
Such language wouldn’t be acceptable coming from a white person, Bash said. Thompson didn’t flinch.
“But I’m black,” he said.
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