Member of DeSantis’ Office Slams Hillary Clinton for Tarnishing Clarence Thomas: ‘He Loves this Country and the People in it’
June 29, 2022 Updated 11:56 A.M. ET
TALLAHASSEE (FLV) – Governor Ron DeSantis Deputy Press Secretary Bryan Griffin criticized Hillary Clinton for her claims that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is filled with “resentment” and “anger.”
Justice Thomas sided with the majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Hillary Clinton spoke about Justice Clarence Thomas in an interview with CBS when asked about Thomas pitching the possibility of revisiting gay marriage and contraception rulings.
“I went to law school with him. He’s been a person of grievance for as long as I’ve known him,” Clinton said. “Resentment, grievance, anger.”
Griffin rebutted those claims with his personal story about running into Justice Thomas in a D.C. lobby in 2015. Griffin asked Thomas to swear him in as a lawyer.
“Offensive, disgusting, and false commentary from HIllary Clinton about Clarence Thomas,” Griffin said. “He invited me to his office at the SC the next day, (after work) and spent hours with me in conversation, earnestly affording me his time and encouraging me. A friend and a law professor accompanied me.”
Griffin said Thomas showed pictures of his vacation with his wife and discussed his love for America.
“In my anecdote, he did not know me or owe me anything. But he afforded me incredible kindness. I am certain he extends the same to others,” Griffin said. “He is committed to the Constitution, which is how he came to this and his other decisions.”
