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.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/16/david-brock-clarence-thomas-supreme-court-stench-book?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other