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Thomas on His Grandfather’s Question About America: “When You Destroy It, Where Will You Go?”
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August 25, 2026
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as posted by the channelOn the latest episode of Verdict, Justice Clarence Thomas reflects on his upbringing and shares a powerful story about his grandfather’s response to his youthful belief that “the country’s racist and we need to destroy it.”
His grandfather’s reply: “When you destroy it, where are you going to go?”
Justice Thomas told me that was “always the unanswerable question. ‘What country is better than this country with all its problems?’ To which I had no answer.”
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