On Saturday morning, Texas Senator John Cornyn tweeted a racial remark and a link to a speech made by former President Barack Obama in response to the Supreme Court's decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Obama said, "Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, but it also relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans," in a statement posted on Twitter early on Friday morning.
The next day, Cornyn tweeted the quote from Obama along with the phrase "Now do Plessy v. Ferguson/Brown v. Board of Education."
Now do Plessy vs Ferguson/Brown vs Board of Education. https://t.co/hrUYCcIq8Y
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 25, 2022
With its 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court gave historical justice by overturning the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision and declaring "separate but equal" to be unconstitutional.
Thank glad certain SCOTUS decisions are rejected, Cornyn tweeted after his first remark, which had drawn a lot of vehement response.
Thank goodness some SCOTUS precedents are overruled. https://t.co/x7iwzm4lto
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 25, 2022
In response to Cornyn's first tweet, one commenter replied, "Let's help the less intelligent fellow Americans out." "Longer than Roe, Plessy remained the rule of law. It was [John Cornyn's] main argument. Liberals should be upfront about their claim that Brown v. Board of Ed was erroneously decided due to established precedent."
Cornyn tweeted out the remark. The subsequent responses weren't.
One Twitter user posted a picture of Cornyn with the word "racist" written over his chest in red.
Now do Plessy vs Ferguson/Brown vs Board of Education. https://t.co/hrUYCcIq8Y
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 25, 2022
Another commentator said, "You miss this type of thing?" while sharing an old image of a Black guy sipping from a fountain marked "colored."
Now do Plessy vs Ferguson/Brown vs Board of Education. https://t.co/hrUYCcIq8Y
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 25, 2022
Another of the thousands of commentators who made similar statements tweeted an image of a Klan hood next to a MAGA hat with the caption "Evil doesn't die, it reinvents itself."
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