Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, said she didn’t help organize the rally and left before violence erupted
WASHINGTON – Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told The Washington Free Beacon she attended President Donald Trump’s rally Jan. 6, 2021, but didn’t help organize it and left before violence erupted at the Capitol.
Ginni Thomas told the newspaper for a story published Monday that she was in the crowd at the Ellipse near the White House but that she went home before Trump spoke because it was cold.
Two publications – The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine – each published stories in recent months about Thomas’ political activities, including her promotion of the rally on social media. She posted on Facebook that day: “LOVE MAGA people!!!!” before the march turned violent. “GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU STANDING UP or PRAYING!”
Connection to the rally is contentious because a mob of Trump supporters later ransacked the Capitol, injuring 140 police officers and temporarily halting the count of Electoral College votes in the presidential election Joe Biden won. The Justice Department has charged nearly 800 defendants in the attack.