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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:57 PM Jan 2019

POTUS had extraordinary meeting w/ Ginni Thomas's group that even he seemed taken aback by.



Trump Meets With Hard-Right Group Led by Ginni Thomas
Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military before accusing White House aides of blocking Trump supporters from getting jobs in the administration, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events.

For 60 minutes, Mr. Trump sat, saying little but appearing taken aback, the three people said.

It is unusual for the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice to have such a meeting with the president, and some close to Mr. Trump said it was inappropriate for Ms. Thomas to have asked for a meeting with the head of a different branch of government.

Ms. Thomas has also drawn criticism for sharing social media posts promoting conspiracy theories, including one suggesting that George Soros was working against Mr. Trump and that Democrats had committed voter fraud in the midterm elections.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html
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POTUS had extraordinary meeting w/ Ginni Thomas's group that even he seemed taken aback by. (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2019 OP
Another snip MelissaB Jan 2019 #1
Ye gods. KnR for visibility. Hekate Jan 2019 #2
This woman served in the armed forces, Corgigal Jan 2019 #3
This retired service woman's answer sarge43 Jan 2019 #12
Oh, Ginny?? Got a minute? Can we talk? lindysalsagal Jan 2019 #4
Clarence Thomas should be removed from the court kimbutgar Jan 2019 #5
Clarence should be impeached for bribery and fraud on income reports. Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #11
Read the article. matt819 Jan 2019 #6
the criminal right really doesn't believe in our form of government spanone Jan 2019 #7
"Dems/voter fraud in the midterm elections" - they're at it again with voter suppression UTUSN Jan 2019 #8
The only way I can imagine this move being legal.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #15
"HAIR" and "THOMAS" still inextricably linked 28 years later. BamaRefugee Jan 2019 #9
You know, these right-wing Evangelicals must have taken the PatrickforO Jan 2019 #10
What a Witch!! DoctorJoJo Jan 2019 #13
Ginni Thomas is a total right wing loon. Scary that people like that have sway in the White House. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #14
Must have been quite a meeting Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #16
I'll never forget watching those hearings, AND her, sitting behind him. calimary Jan 2019 #17
Ginni must have to be very selective in her right wing 'friends' who approve of her mixed marriage keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #18
The hard-right Dominionists, come round for their pounds of flesh . . . hatrack Jan 2019 #19
And Trump goes, "Wait...you're married to who?" MineralMan Jan 2019 #20
What a nutjob! Scurrilous Jan 2019 #21

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
1. Another snip
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:02 PM
Jan 2019
About a half-dozen White House aides were in the Roosevelt Room last Thursday for the meeting, which was arranged after months of delay, according to the three people. It came about after Mr. and Ms. Thomas had dinner with the president and the first lady, Melania Trump, the people said.

...

A central focus for Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas was administration appointments that they wanted made, and that they accused the president’s aides of blocking. People familiar with the situation indicated that the people Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas wanted hired were rejected for a range of reasons, and in at least one case, someone was offered a job and declined it because the position was not considered senior enough. Another complaint was that Ms. Thomas had not actually shared the full list of people to be hired, said those familiar with the meeting.

Others attending the meeting included Frank Gaffney, the founder of the Center for Security Policy who has advocated curtailing immigration and has repeatedly denounced Muslims, and Rosemary Jenks, who works for the anti-immigration group NumbersUSA, according to the people familiar with the events.

... snip

One woman in the group argued that women should not serve in the military because they do not have the physical capacity that men do, according to the people familiar with the events.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
3. This woman served in the armed forces,
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:11 PM
Jan 2019

and was the only female in her unit by being an air traffic controller at MacDill AFB in Tampa Florida.

May I be the first to tell her to fuck off. What has she ever done for her country besides looking like a fool and standing by her man during a sexual harassment suit?

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
12. This retired service woman's answer
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 05:29 PM
Jan 2019

Fine if women are unable to fulfill assigned duties. The obvious solution is no more women in service. However, this time we're all out and we stay out and that includes all female members of the Nurse Corps. Further, no do overs, once out no coming back, even during a war.

Without a draft let's see how many men rush in to take our place.

Second that, Corgigal. You and I did more for this country in one day than she has her entire life. She can grab a prop and spin.

BTW, I put in some quality time at "One day in Tampa Bay" Plane Patch. Zoom, zoom.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
4. Oh, Ginny?? Got a minute? Can we talk?
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:12 PM
Jan 2019

The rest of the women in the country don't give one rat's ass what your 16th century mind "thinks. "

1. The earth is a sphere.
2. It revolves around the sun.
3. We got the vote and we're not giving it up.
4. Go back to your kitchen and stfu if you can't handle the real 21st century world.

kimbutgar

(21,161 posts)
5. Clarence Thomas should be removed from the court
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:24 PM
Jan 2019

His wife is a Major right wing nut who is insane. I bet she whips Thomas all the time. Down boy and do what I say.

Farmer-Rick

(10,185 posts)
11. Clarence should be impeached for bribery and fraud on income reports.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 05:25 PM
Jan 2019

For 6 years he failed to report his wife's income which is a crime. It obviously was not a mistake because it was done repeatedly over a long time and was done to deceive the American public.

If you or I had wrongly filled out those form for 6 years, we would be fined $300,000 and could face prison time of up to 5 years or more...because the offense was repeated over and over we could face as much as 30 years in prison.

So what happened to Clarence? Nothing

spanone

(135,844 posts)
7. the criminal right really doesn't believe in our form of government
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 04:07 PM
Jan 2019

Imagine the outrage if this were the wife of a LIBERAL Supreme Court justice?

I can hear the howls from here....someone would have had to apologize, step down or both.

The right is shameless.

UTUSN

(70,708 posts)
8. "Dems/voter fraud in the midterm elections" - they're at it again with voter suppression
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 04:29 PM
Jan 2019

**********QUOTE*********

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/noncitizens-voting-texas.html

Texas Secretary of State Questions Citizenship of 95,000 Registered Voters

.... ... The results of the investigation were referred on Friday to Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said he planned to open a potentially sprawling investigation.

The two announcements seemed certain to reignite partisan debates over the frequency and impact of voter fraud, which Republicans have claimed is rampant in America. Democrats scoff at that notion, and a voter fraud commission started by (and later angrily disbanded by) President Trump found no evidence of widespread electoral fraud. ....

Sam Taylor, a spokesman for the secretary of state, said the announcement on Friday did not mean that the authorities had discovered 95,000 registered voters who it knew for a fact were noncitizens.

Instead, the office was advising local officials to ask these voters via mail to provide proof of their citizenship. Mr. Taylor noted that it is a felony for noncitizens to vote in Texas, and a misdemeanor for them to register. ....

*********UNQUOTE******






KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
15. The only way I can imagine this move being legal....
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 06:00 PM
Jan 2019

is for ALL Texas voters to be required to submit proof of citizenship (including the governor and legislators).

That would go over like a lead balloon.......

(knowledgeable attorneys please step in here)

PatrickforO

(14,577 posts)
10. You know, these right-wing Evangelicals must have taken the
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 05:11 PM
Jan 2019

Left Hand Path when they came to the fork in the road. Lord knows, they certainly don't seem to be promoting any actual biblical principles.


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calimary

(81,315 posts)
17. I'll never forget watching those hearings, AND her, sitting behind him.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 06:58 PM
Jan 2019

I couldn’t help notice the visible umbrage she took whenever her hapless husband was confronted with a question she didn’t like. The frowns. The scowls. The looks of indignation and “how DARE you!?!” Written all over her face. I knew something was fishy about her. But I had no idea what an active wrong-wing partisan she was.

keithbvadu2

(36,828 posts)
18. Ginni must have to be very selective in her right wing 'friends' who approve of her mixed marriage
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 07:52 PM
Jan 2019

Ginni must have to be very selective in her super right wing 'friends' who approve of her mixed marriage (in public but maybe not so much in private).

That crowd is usually not so 'understanding'.

Or maybe they find her a useful idiot because of hubby's position and name recognition.

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