Classic 'Never Bend a Knee' Moment From Clarence Thomas' SCOTUS Hearing Resurfaces Just When We Need It
By Sister Toldjah | May 30, 2021 6:45 PM ET
There have been some classic “never quit” quotes over the years, some real, some unconfirmed but nevertheless referenced often, and some scripted for TV and movies and used in countless Internet memes.
Though Democrats would no doubt disagree (but who cares what they think on these matters anyway, right?), one of the most legendary authentic quotes of all time about standing firm in the midst of a storm came from then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, who in 1991 was under relentless attack by Senate Democrats led by then-Senator Joe Biden, who was the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman at the time.
Unlike most SCOTUS nominees, Thomas was subjected to a double round of confirmation hearings after 11th-hour accusations of sexual harassment had female Democratic Senators successfully pushing Biden to reopen the hearings on those grounds. The campaign to destroy Thomas and his reputation was brutal, and a weaker man might have withdrawn to spare himself and his family from having to go through such an ordeal.
But Thomas, as we learned then and has been reaffirmed numerous times since, was not a weak man. And as the hearings dragged on, Democrats learned that the hard way.
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