Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has become a target for the left in recent months — again — but the attacks on him are not having the desired effect, according to a new survey.
Out of the 1,500 people surveyed, 17 percent said they had a favorable opinion of Thomas, while 10 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion, giving him a net approval rating of +6. The survey was conducted among eligible U.S. voters on June 11th and 12th by the consulting firm Redfield & Wilton Strategies, exclusively on behalf of Newsweek.
Some 14 percent of people said Thomas was “very favorable,” 15 percent “very unfavorable,” 27 percent neither, and 17 percent did not know, the survey found.
The survey and its results come amid attacks by left-wing Democrats over what they allege are scandals, including his refusal to disclose gifts from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow — which he reportedly was not required to do.
Last April, ProPublica, a left-leaning nonprofit investigative media outlet, reported that Thomas had failed to disclose that Crow had covered the costs for luxury trips, multiple private plane flights, skybox tickets to sporting events, and even a relative’s tuition.
But for Democrats who claim that Thomas lacks integrity, last October he agreed to step away from consideration of a petition involving an ex-lawyer for former President Donald Trump.
The justice “recused himself from considering a petition to undo a lower court ruling that forced former Donald Trump attorney John Eastman to hand over emails related to the Capitol riot to the House Jan. 6 committee,” the Washington Examiner reported at the time.
Before it disbanded earlier this year, the committee spoke with Ginni Thomas, Thomas’s wife and a conservative activist.
During the interview, she reaffirmed her belief that the 2020 election was stolen—a viewpoint consistently echoed by Trump since his defeat in November of that year.