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Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio
CNN)WARNING: This story contains graphic language.
Trump administration appointee Carl Higbie resigned Thursday as chief of external affairs for the federal government's volunteer service organization after a CNN KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments he made on the radio.
"Effective immediately, Carl Higbie has resigned as Chief of External Affairs at CNCS," Samantha Jo Warfield, a spokesperson for CNCS, said in a statement.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Higbie's resignation.
Higbie, a former Navy SEAL and conservative media personality, was a surrogate for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, appearing on cable news and serving as the spokesman for the Trump-aligned Great America PAC. He was appointed to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in 2017 to direct the public image and messaging of the federal department that manages millions of Americans in volunteer services like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps.
details here:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/kfile-carl-higbie-on-the-radio/index.html
This guy hates everyone, "Higbie made shocking comments about black Americans, Muslims, women, LGBT people, veterans suffering from PTSD and immigrants."
lunasun
(21,646 posts)agency ? Volunteers go around to kick ass or what?
brush
(53,862 posts)This is a racist slime ball.
Check the link. trump's got the worse people possible running things. At least this bastard was forced out.
MagickMuffin
(15,952 posts)"Go back to your Muslim shithole and go crap in your hands and bang little boys on Thursday nights," Higbie said.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,292 posts)madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)either hateful and prejudiced, or Russian-tainted, or harboring anti-democracy acts or sentiments, or having made fortunes through questionable financial practices,
I would include figures such as David Perdue, Georgia senator, in this. (Dollar Store, Nike - cheap overseas labor).
It would be useful to compile a list-the surrogates are not going to disappear no matter what happens to Trump. Not a blacklist-would not want to interfere with their right to make a living.
Like Roger Stone (who goes all the way back to Nixon) they will continue to be a thorn in the side of Democracy.