Justice Clarence Thomas may have been on the losing side of several major Supreme Court decisions this week, but that’s only making him a hero in many Republicans’ hearts.

After the high court delivered its final opinions of the term on Tuesday, Sen. Jim Banks (R-Indiana) exalted Thomas for his steadfast support of President Donald Trump’s agenda and dedication to conservative values.

“I wish Clarence Thomas could live forever,” the senator raved to Real America’s Voice News. “He’s the greatest living human being, greatest living American that we have today in our country.”

Just hours earlier, Thomas issued a scathing 91-page dissent after the court rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. In it, he argued that the decision “devalues” the sanctity of American citizenship and that he did not believe the opinion will “stand the test of time.”

Sen. Jim Banks: "I was Clarence Thomas could live forever. He's the greatest living human being." pic.twitter.com/2C2RzZwtE7

The court’s four liberal justices found surprising allies in Trump-appointed Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh in the 6-3 birthright citizenship ruling, inciting fierce backlash from the right-wing world.

Barrett took the brunt of the outrage, having also penned the majority opinion shooting down the Trump administration’s bid to void a Mississippi law granting late-arriving mail-in ballots a grace period to be counted.

MAGA podcaster Matt Walsh slammed her as a “DEI hire” while conservative lawyer Mike Davis dubbed her a “junior varsity justice” and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Walsh called the ruling a “tremendous betrayal of the republic.”

Though Trump packed the Supreme Court with a conservative majority during his first term, that didn’t prevent him from being dealt several devastating losses this session.

Along with rulings upholding birthright citizenship and Mississippi’s mail-in voting law, the court rejected his appeal over a $5 million civil judgment granted to sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll and struck down his sweeping, international tariff hikes back in February.

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