Not that long ago, on April 30, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Josh Johnson responded to the Supreme Court’s recent VRA decision by calling Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom.” On Wednesday, it was radio host Charlamagne Tha God’s turn, as he showed up for the show’s “In My Opinion” segment, where he responded to a clip of Democratic Sen. Chris Coons by declaring that ‘“Mr. Coons’ is actually my nickname for Clarence Thomas.”
The context for the Coons clip was Trump judicial nominee John Marck doing that thing that judicial nominees of all stripes do: refuse to answer questions about any hypothetical case no matter how obvious the answer may seem to be. Coons was especially focused on the 22nd Amendment amid the idea that Trump may try to seek a third term, “Anybody else brave enough to say that the Constitution of the United States prevents President Trump from seeking a third term? Anybody willing to apply the constitution by its plain language in the 22nd Amendment? Nobody. All right, let's move on.”
Charlamagne replied, “Did you hear that sigh from Mr. Coons? That was so long, the stenographer had to type out "Sound of soul leaving senator's body." Also, side note: this was confusing for me because ‘Mr. Coons’ is actually my nickname for Clarence Thomas.”
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