**CNN’s Latest “Bombshell”: DeSantis and Clarence Thomas Hugged!** A recent CNN report attempts to shock viewers with a “close relationship” between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas; however, this story falls flat as the friendship is old news.
CNN’s Kate Bolduan centered her report on a three-year-old Federalist Society event in Florida, where DeSantis praised Thomas as “our greatest living justice.” The anchor revealed that DeSantis, Thomas, and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo had dinner after the event, with a video showing DeSantis and Thomas hugging. It turns out the story was merely an opportunity to criticize Leo, who advised former President Donald Trump on Supreme Court nominations.
CNN also took issue with how DeSantis used Thomas as a model for his approach to the law, attributing anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion, and anti-press stances to him. However, the real takeaway from the story simply appears to be that conservatives associate with other conservatives, hardly earth-shattering news.
**In a disappointing attempt to create controversy,** CNN fails to provide any substantial information and only confirms what was already well-known: conservative politicians have relationships with their ideological compatriots.
