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Trump Administration Picks Extremist Sheriff David Clarke For Homeland Security Position
In the midst of a prison death scandal riling his office, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced today that he will be joining the Trump administration as a Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary.
Having had four people, including a baby, recently die at his jail didn’t stop the Trump administration from courting Clarke, whose name was first floated for an administration job quickly after Donald Trump’s election as president. Last month, Politico revealed that Clarke was preparing to join Homeland Security.
The Wisconsin sheriff became a conservative icon after making a string of wild and outlandish statements. He aligned himself with Trump and made regular appearances on Fox News, further elevating his platform.
Clarke has “compared Beyonce to a Ku Klux Klan member, called for the Great Seal of the United States to feature a semi-automatic rifle, and repeatedly demanded a literal uprising against the government in protest of President Obama’s gun violence proposals, potential election rigging and marriage equality.” He once tweeted that anti-Trump protests “must be quelled.”
Having had four people, including a baby, recently die at his jail didn’t stop the Trump administration from courting Clarke, whose name was first floated for an administration job quickly after Donald Trump’s election as president. Last month, Politico revealed that Clarke was preparing to join Homeland Security.
The Wisconsin sheriff became a conservative icon after making a string of wild and outlandish statements. He aligned himself with Trump and made regular appearances on Fox News, further elevating his platform.
Clarke has “compared Beyonce to a Ku Klux Klan member, called for the Great Seal of the United States to feature a semi-automatic rifle, and repeatedly demanded a literal uprising against the government in protest of President Obama’s gun violence proposals, potential election rigging and marriage equality.” He once tweeted that anti-Trump protests “must be quelled.”
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-administration-picks-extremist-sheriff-david-clarke-for-homeland-security-position/
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