Posted on 11/28/2016 2:18:14 PM PST by pissant
Donald Trump is meeting with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke at Trump Tower on Monday afternoon as he seeks to fill out his remaining Cabinet positions.
Clarke, who has called the Black Lives Matter movement “vile” and “slimy,” is reportedly in the running to lead the Department of Homeland Security and its 240,000 employees, who span immigration enforcement, the U.S. Secret Service, the TSA and other functions.
Clarke, who ran for sheriff as a Democrat, has become a hero in the conservative movement in recent years for opposing the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts to reform the criminal justice system. In a fiery July speech at the Republican National Convention, Clarke brought the crowd to its feet as he chanted “Blue Lives Matter,” a reference to police uniforms. He celebrated the acquittal of a Baltimore police officer in the death of Freddie Gray during the speech.
“These are truths that are self-evident to me, and which I practice, and they are the truths that Donald Trump understands and supports,” he said. “Donald Trump is the steadfast leader our nation needs.”
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“Not as long as he is “UNDER ARMS”, as long as he is wearing that badge he is “UNDER ARMS”.”
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Wouldn’t that mean the uniform hat? This hat isn’t part of his uniform.
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He's the head of his department. He determines what is the proper uniform.
Thanks-—I’m learning a lot about hats this evening.
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David Clarke would be an incredible pick for the FBI.
But are we sure that, given how amazingly inept and deceitful the press is, Sherrif Clark isn’t being considered for the FBI? Unless one of his reps says otherwise, we can’t trust speculation.
I don’t pretend to know what the uniform requirements of Sheriff Clarke’s department are; but here in California the Highway Patrol’s cover is a Smokey Bear, and my local Sheriff Department’s duty cover is a Silverbelly Stetson felt.
LOL! True that.
My two exact and immediate thoughts as well.
Running a 240,000 person cabinet department is a whole lot different from running a 250 person sheriff’s department. Clarke may be better suited to be a messenger than an administrator.
So only folks that have worked their way up the bureaucracy chain get to be head bureaucrat? Bad advice.
You really think Clarke is the bureaucrat type?
No. That’s why he may actually run the place properly.
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