Washington Post congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor, along with WaPo White House reporter Cleve R. Wootson Jr., recently took a closer look at the relationship between Joe Biden and Democratic Rep. James Clyburn:
Many credit Jim Clyburn for helping pave Biden's pathway to the White House. But don't expect him to issue ultimatums or pressure the president to return the favor. @CleveWootson & I dive into their relationship and Clyburn's strategic influence campaign https://t.co/owwdH1dWkO
— Marianna Sotomayor (@MariannaReports) February 16, 2022
OK, Marianna. Just one quick question, if we may:
Marianna why did you dismissively refer to Justice Clarence Thomas as “the Black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives”? https://t.co/DWoCzocGJM
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) February 17, 2022
Sorry … come again, Jerry? Surely Marianna and Cleve would never say something like that. Not about Clarence Thomas. Not about anyone.
Oh, wait. Yes they would:
https://twitter.com/fedjudges/status/1494129276710375424
Quite a collection of words there, huh?
WaPo WhiteHouse reporter & WaPo Congress reporter (so this is purportedly a news article & not just a bad opinion piece) dismissively describe Justice Clarence Thomas as “the Black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives.”https://t.co/2hAVpKERjb pic.twitter.com/4q22py05Q8
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) February 17, 2022
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Wow.
No, really. “Wow” is a good word to use because it so nicely encapsulates the feeling you get when your jaw is on the floor.
https://twitter.com/foster_type/status/1494316626476425221
Oh nothing, just a little casual racism in the news section of the Washington Post. https://t.co/WsUkKONbr9
— John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) February 17, 2022
— John 'pro-norms' Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) February 17, 2022
What an outrageous sentence
— just alan (@JustJustalan) February 17, 2022
Grotesque
— F* Your Short Memory 🏴 Anti-Cult of Absurdity (@BucMon21) February 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/BobbyCandles/status/1494149237306802178
What a racist statement
— NStep (@NStepisme) February 17, 2022
A racist statement that would be awful enough to read in an opinion piece. But in an ostensible straight-news article, it manages to be even more disgusting.
Amazing the things you can say, under the guise of objectivity (it’s a news article, not op-Ed), if you believe you’re on “the correct side of history”
— Matthew S (@MattyBoySwag143) February 17, 2022
Insanely offensive.
This isn't even an opinion piece. In a media environment with actual standards, the editors and writers responsible for this post would face real consequences. https://t.co/N98yGp2Lk6
— AG (@AGHamilton29) February 17, 2022
Democracy Dies in Darkness, but the Washington Post Revels in Racism.
I wonder if they say these things out loud before writing them down and publishing them online. That might stop some issues for them
— wally (@WallyTucker82) February 17, 2022
No, Sotomayor and Wootson knew what exactly they were saying. WaPo knew exactly what they were saying.
When you realize leftists run off projection everything makes a lot more sense.
— ericontrarian (@eriContrarian) February 17, 2022
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Update:
WaPo’s ‘clarification’ regarding vile passage about Clarence Thomas only clarifies that WaPo is a racist dumpster fire [screenshots] https://t.co/lodVWXDxv2
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 17, 2022