Trump appointee that runs AmeriCorps resigns over hate filled comments

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Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio

CNN)WARNING: This story contains graphic language.

Trump administration appointee Carl Higbie resigned Thursday as chief of external affairs for the federal government's volunteer service organization after a CNN KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments he made on the radio.

"Effective immediately, Carl Higbie has resigned as Chief of External Affairs at CNCS," Samantha Jo Warfield, a spokesperson for CNCS, said in a statement.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Higbie's resignation.
Higbie, a former Navy SEAL and conservative media personality, was a surrogate for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, appearing on cable news and serving as the spokesman for the Trump-aligned Great America PAC. He was appointed to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in 2017 to direct the public image and messaging of the federal department that manages millions of Americans in volunteer services like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps.

details here:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/kfile-carl-higbie-on-the-radio/index.html


This guy hates everyone, "Higbie made shocking comments about black Americans, Muslims, women, LGBT people, veterans suffering from PTSD and immigrants."

[lunasun]

1. This is who he put in charge of our federal gvmnt volunteer services.?? What was the plan for the

agency ? Volunteers go around to kick ass or what?

[brush]

2. Another of trump's bigoted associates running a government agency.

This is a racist slime ball.

Check the link. trump's got the worse people possible running things. At least this bastard was forced out.

[MagickMuffin]

3. Sound Familiar ???

"Go back to your Muslim shithole and go crap in your hands and bang little boys on Thursday nights," Higbie said.

[Angry Dragon]

4. perhaps a church goer??

[JI7]

5. i think he was the one that said Japanese Internment was the right thing to do

[arthritisR_US]

6. Navy Seals...wow arent they great.

[madaboutharry]

7. The ignorance is shocking.

[delisen]

8. Each of Trump's surrogates and appointees is likely to be problematic-

either hateful and prejudiced, or Russian-tainted, or harboring anti-democracy acts or sentiments, or having made fortunes through questionable financial practices,

I would include figures such as David Perdue, Georgia senator, in this. (Dollar Store, Nike - cheap overseas labor).

It would be useful to compile a list-the surrogates are not going to disappear no matter what happens to Trump. Not a blacklist-would not want to interfere with their right to make a living.

Like Roger Stone (who goes all the way back to Nixon) they will continue to be a thorn in the side of Democracy.