Posted on 09/04/2017 12:47:09 PM PDT by marktwain
"After almost 40 years serving the great people of Milwaukee County, I have chosen to retire to pursue other opportunities," Clarke said. "I will have news about my next steps in the very near future" — in fact, he tweeted Friday that the announcement will come next week.Sheriff Clarke was targeted for defeat by Michael Bloomberg because of Clarke's pro-Second Amendment policies. Bloomberg spent over $150,000 dollars in his attempt to defeat Sheriff Clarke in 2014. $150,000 was more than both Sheriff Clarke and his opponent spent on the campaign all together. Clarke won the race with a handy 52% to 48% margin.
"I'm Sheriff David Clarke and I want to talk to you about something personal: Your safety. It's no longer a spectator sport.Sheriff Clarke has been a prominent President Trump supporter. Considerable speculation exists about his retirement from the Milwaukee Sheriff's office as an canny political move. He may serve in a high level position in the Trump administration. The resignation allows Governor Scott Walker to appoint a replacement Sheriff more than a year before the next election in 2018. Sheriff Clarke has been a speaker at two National Rifle Association annual meetings, in 2016 and 2017.
I need you in the game, but are you ready?
With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option. You can beg for mercy from a violent criminal, hide under the bed, or you can fight back.
But are you prepared?
Consider taking a certified safety course in handling a firearm so you can defend yourself until we get there. You have a duty to protect yourself and your family.
We're partners now. Can I count on you?
This safety message brought to you by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office."
Retiring, as in taking the retirement plan. Has no bearing on what he’s doing.
Hope he runs against Tammy Dyke.
Not to become part of the Trump World, but to seek the nomination for the next Senator for Wisconsin, replacing Tammy Baldwin, notorious for her pursuit of the left fringe of what passes for the Democrat party today.
Wassamatta, liberal Democrats, you are expressing hatred of black people, just getting your KKK on? What is your REAL disagreement with David Clarke?
Scratch a white liberal Democrat, find a visceral hatred of blacks just beneath the surface.
Wishing him well regardless of what he chooses to do.
We will stand with him, what ever his announcement will be...
Ditto that. He’s a good man.
If AG Sessions proves to not be up to the task, move him sideways to another position in the administration and bring in Sheriff Clarke to be AG.
The left would be bound by their own corrupt political correctness, but not that it would stop them for looking like absolute hypocrites if Sheriff Clarke would become AG or something else in the Trump administration. It would definitely be a major popcorn moment watching them meltdown even more over something like this
CGato
Palin/Clarke 2020 They will never disappoint.
A true American patriot.
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