Trump To Meet With Anti-Black Lives Matter Milwaukee Sheriff On Monday

David Clarke, Sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wis., speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Donald Trump will meet with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, an outspoken critic of the Black Lives Matter movement, at Trump Tower on Monday as he continues to fill senior posts in his administration.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which reported on the meeting, Clarke has been mentioned as a possible appointee to head the Department of Homeland Security.

In a recent interview with radio host Joe Pags, Clarke said he wasn’t “expecting” Trump to offer him a particular position because he doesn’t “have an entitlement mentality,” but that he would serve in a Trump administration if asked.

Clarke was a prominent surrogate for the President-elect during the campaign and gave an address on “Make America Safe Again” night at his Republican National Convention.

He is best known for his inflammatory comments about race and Black Lives Matter. He has called the movement a “hate group” and claimed that African Americans deal drugs because they are “morally bankrupt.”

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  1. So where is uncle ruckus going to end up?

  2. Homeland Security. He’s completely insane, and so is Trump. If this in itself isn’t impeachable, as a clear danger to the safety of the nation’s citizens, then it’s evidence Trump is mentally ill and needs to be removed from pre-office.

    These temper tantrums from these radical anarchists must be quelled. There is no legitimate reason to protest the will of the people. pic.twitter.com/G502pwNSN9

    — David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) November 10, 2016
  3. Avatar for mlp mlp says:

    So…I guess that this is part of the plan to make the inner cities great again.
    It’s going to be a VERY long 4 years.

  4. Avatar for cmj cmj says:

    “an entitlement mentality”

    What…the hell? Does he know what DHS does?

  5. Oh, yeah. This is gonna be good. This will take the stench of racism off the forthcoming Trump administration by having a black face apply the non-affirmative-action lash to entitlement-coddled blacks and their PC white allies. This is a law enforcement officer who was asking others to riot with “pitchforks” against protesters.

    Yes, the new normal.

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