Nadler Says Justice Thomas Did Not Mention Interracial Marriage Decision Because He Is ‘Intermarried’

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) claims Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas didn’t bring up a landmark marriage case because he is “intermarried.”

Nadler took his swipe at Thomas while speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn ⚖️Roe V. Wade.

The New York Democrat admonished Thomas for his recommendation that the nation’s high court review the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage.

“He didn’t mention (interracial marriage) for some reason,” Nadler said in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. “Maybe the fact that he’s intermarried … had something to do with it.”

Nadler was referencing the 1967 case Loving v. Virginia that legalized interracial marriage, which stated that the laws banning interracial marriage were in violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Nadler’s comments received harsh pushback from Twitter users who railed on his personal jab over a legal issue.

“Or… maybe it’s because Loving v. Virginia was decided upon a totally different constitutional basis than right to privacy cases like Roe, and isn’t in any danger of being overruled. Are we to believe that Nadler, an attorney, doesn’t understand that distinction?” one user asked