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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color"> oops disambig<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/crystal-clanton-racist-comments-william-pryor-clerkship/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; outline: 0px;">rystal Clanton</a> had worked for the far-right student group Turning Point USA when, in late 2017, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-conservative-nonprofit-that-seeks-to-transform-college-campuses-faces-allegations-of-racial-bias-and-illegal-campaign-activity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">The New Yorker's Jane Mayer </a>reported that she had sent an overtly racist text to her co-workers. And now, according to Law.com, she is being hired as a clerk by a federal judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals<a href="https://www.law.com/2021/10/11/eleventh-circuit-chief-judge-isnt-talking-about-new-clerk-mired-in-controversy-over-racist-rant/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">: William H. Pryor, Jr. , who hasn't responded to inquiries about the controversial hire.</a>In 2017, Mayer reported that Clanton sent a text telling others in Turning Point USA, "I hate Black people. Like fuck them all.… I hate blacks. End of story." Clanton served as Turning Point's national field director.Law.com's Katheryn Hayes Tucker reports, "Pryor did not have an immediate response to messages October 8 seeking comment about the clerk and the vetting process used to choose clerks. Circuit Executive James Gerstenlauer also did not respond to messages October 8. Nor did the office that monitors the press e-mail account for the Eleventh Circuit. The clerk, Crystal Clanton, also could not be reached for comment."On October 5, <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2021/10/law-school-student-famous-for-saying-i-hate-black-people-now-has-prestigious-federal-clerkship/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Above the Law</a> published an article with the headline, "Law School Student Famous For Saying 'I HATE BLACK PEOPLE' Now Has Prestigious Federal Clerkship.""It's not only the would-be law clerk herself that's driving the controversy," Tucker writes. "It's the life-changing nature of federal clerkships for young lawyers, who typically go on to big law or the bench. That, plus whatever level of assistance clerks provide their bosses in writing opinions that make law and affect litigants."<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">===<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has reportedly hired a former Turning Point USA staffer who left the conservative organization after reports emerged that she once sent a text saying "I hate blacks." <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Thomas's wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, has reportedly hired ex-TPUSA staffer Crystal Clanton, <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/online/exclusive-clarence-thomas-wife-hired-ex-tpusa-staffer-known-for-saying-i-hate-blacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; color: rgb(43, 44, 48); text-decoration-line: none; display: inline; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(42, 83, 193);">Mediaite</a> first reported.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Clanton's comments became public last year when <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-conservative-nonprofit-that-seeks-to-transform-college-campuses-faces-allegations-of-racial-bias-and-illegal-campaign-activity" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; color: rgb(43, 44, 48); text-decoration-line: none; display: inline; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(42, 83, 193);">The New Yorker</a> obtained and published screenshots of text messages sent by Clanton to another TPUSA employee. "I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story," Clanton wrote, according to The New Yorker.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Clanton, at the time, told the New Yorker that she had "no recollection" of the messages.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">“I have no recollection of these messages and they do not reflect what I believe or who I am and the same was true when I was a teenager," she said in a statement to the magazine.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Thomas has reportedly hired Clanton to assist her with right-wing media projects, Mediaite reported.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Thomas, whose husband is the only African-American Supreme Court justice, is a columnist for The Daily Caller and currently serves on TPUSA’s advisory board. She also founded the conservative advocacy group, Liberty Central, whose mission was to fight the "hard-left agenda," according to the outlet. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Clanton stepped down from her position as second-in-command at TPUSA when her text messages became public. Mediaite reported that Clanton has continued to post culturally insensitive comments on Snapchat, including remarks like “a bacon a day keeps the Islams away” and “Ramadan bombathon,” and recently posted a photo of a man, who appears to be Arab, with the caption, “Just thinking about ways to do another 9/11,” according to a photo obtained by the outlet. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Photos obtained by Mediaite reveal Clanton has accompanied Thomas to numerous conferences and events, even posing for photos at the Thomas's home in Fairfax Station, Virginia.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">Clanton, Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas declined to comment for Mediaite's report.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " graphik="Graphik" web="Web" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color">TPUSA has long faced accusations of racism within its ranks. A <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/turning-point-usa-racist-tweets_us_5ad65b06e4b029ebe01ed1ac" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; color: rgb(43, 44, 48); text-decoration-line: none; display: inline; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(42, 83, 193);">HuffPost report</a> earlier this year uncovered dozens of controversial social media posts from former and current staffers, which included use of the "n-word" and anti-Semitic and anti-Islam comments.