Senate should reject radical, unethical Kristen Clarke for top civil rights post

"Biden has had the most radical anti-American insane set of appointees ever.  It's gobsmacking. And the Republicans in the Senate have been far too feckless, approving them."

By Washington Examiner  May 6, 2021

 

The Senate should reject leftist lawyer Kristen Clarke’s nomination as the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division. New ethical questions help illustrate why. Clarke’s record already showed a tendency toward ideological extremism. Now, she stands credibly accused of multiple instances of providing false testimony under oath. Clarke's extremism was already reason enough to override the ordinary deference due to a president in selecting executive branch officials. But the combination of extremism with apparent dishonesty should remove that deference entirely.

Clarke’s extremist tendencies have manifested themselves on matters of policing and race. On law enforcement, she long has stood accused of animus against the police in general. On race, she has a long history of advocacy for, or association with, black radicals and black anti-Semites and of opposing the prosecution of black vote-fraudsters.  Still, Clarke either explained away or denied some of the diciest associations or activities of which she was accused. Indeed, she blurred the record enough that she still seemed quite capable of securing grudging support from the key Senate centrists who effectively will decide her nomination’s fate.

Now, however, those attempts at blurring the record look less like Clarke exploiting gray areas and more like lies......To Read More.....