During a speech on the Senate floor March 30, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) decried Democrats’ attacks against Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, over texts she sent on Jan. 6, 2021. Ginni Thomas sent texts to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally encouraging its goal of postponing the House certification of election results over ongoing election fraud controversies. In the texts, Thomas made clear that she agreed that there were real concerns over election fraud, and indicated that she supported the effort to protest the House’s certification of the results. Democratic lawmakers, who have described the Jan. 6 rally as a full-fledged “insurrection” bent on overturning the U.S. government, have gathered around the issue as a political rallying cry ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The upcoming midterms are expected to heavily favor Republicans, and Democrats have demanded that Thomas recuse …