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We Can Add Super Bowl Rings to the List of Political Bribes.
Jerry Jones gave a ring to Justice Clarence Thomas.
Don’t worry, Jerry Jones is just trying to spread some love.
The Dallas Cowboys owner has apparently gifted a Super Bowl ring to none other than supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas and obviously, that’s leaving people with some questions. The first, of course, being…why?
Mike Florio with NBC Sports writes:
“The Supreme Court recently has been embroiled in controversy regarding lavish benefits reportedly bestowed on longtime Justice Clarence Thomas. Recently, the New York Times reported that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones once gave Thomas a Super Bowl ring…
…Jones denied giving other Super Bowl rings to governmental officials or politicians. Then Jones tried to say Thomas isn’t a politician.
“He’s a Supreme Court justice,” Jones said. “I think, I don’t know if I go as far as a politician.”
Supreme Court Justices are indeed politicians. They don’t land in those jobs without being politically active and/or politically connected…”
I wish it didn’t even have to be said, but when billionaires like Jerry Jones with obviously close ties to multibillion dollar organizations like the National…
