Trump appointee resigns as head of volunteer agency over racist remarks

[SummerSnow]

By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVER 01/19/2018 01:03 PM EST

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the government’s volunteer service organization has resigned after a CNN report revealed that the appointee had made racist and other inflammatory remarks.

Carl Higbie, chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, made racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments while appearing on the “Sound of Freedom” radio show in 2013.

I’m sorry,” Higbie tweeted Friday morning. “I’m not sorry that my words were published, I am sorry that I said them in 2013. Those words do not reflect who I am or what I stand for, I regret saying them.”

In the 2013 segment, he made several comments against African-Americans, Muslims and homosexuals. He also said that soldiers suffering from PTSD had “weak mind[s]” and said that gun-carrying Americans should be permitted to shoot undocumented immigrants.

“Last night I informed the WH that I was resigning so as not to distract from POTUS’ many success. #noexcuses,” Higbie added.

These are a few of the things he said ...

"We're promoting birth control to a black woman because of the incredibly high rate of children born out of wedlock that are under-cared for or not cared for at all," Higbie said in one quote from a segment in which he accused black people of "a lax of morality."

In another segment that dealt with immigration, Higbie is quoted saying, "What's so wrong with wanting to put up a fence and saying, 'Hey, everybody with a gun, if you want to go shoot people coming across our border illegally, you can do it" for free.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/19/579111221/carl-higbie-resigns-from-trump-administration-after-bigoted-comments-surface

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/carl-higbie-resigns-349402

[Phoenix61]

1. Oh I beg to differ

I believe his words accurately reflect exactly who he is which is why he had no business what so ever in that position. At least he had the good sense to resign.