Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas Will Be Nominated as Religious Ambassador

[DonViejo]

By MITCH SMITH and JACEY FORTINJULY 26, 2017

Sam Brownback, the beleaguered governor of Kansas whose aggressively conservative fiscal polices turned some fellow Republicans against him, will be nominated to serve as ambassador at large for international religious freedom, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

Mr. Brownback, 60, represented his home state in Congress before being elected to two terms as governor beginning in 2011.

On Twitter, Mr. Brownback wrote on Wednesday: “Religious Freedom is the first freedom. The choice of what you do with your own soul. I am honored to serve such an important cause.”

Melika Willoughby, a spokeswoman for Mr. Brownback, said he remained Kansas’ governor as of Wednesday night. She said there would a news conference on Thursday afternoon, but declined to comment beyond Mr. Brownback’s Twitter statement.

Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, a doctor from suburban Kansas City who previously served in the State Legislature, is expected to take over as governor if Mr. Brownback’s nomination is confirmed by the United States Senate.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/us/politics/sam-brownback-kansas-ambassador-international-religious-freedom.html

[RKP5637]

1. Oh just wonderful. A religious nut case. Spread the hatred and bigotry more. n/t

[underpants]

2. Is this a new position? I've never heard of it.

[Docreed2003]

3. WTF is a "religious ambassador"

[DonViejo]

7. Newly created position aka...

"save the Kansas Republican Party and cover up the complete failure of Reaganomics.”

[Docreed2003]

11. That's about right! Brownback is a joke

[CurtEastPoint]

8. My EXACT thought!

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Hey, coulda been worse.

Judge Roy Moore from Alabama.

[Johonny]

5. The American Taliban

[Loge23]

9. Bingo! (Eom)

[TBA]

6. More Info on the position

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador-at-Large_for_International_Religious_Freedom

The United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom is the ambassador-at-large who heads the Office of International Religious Freedom in the U.S. Department of State.

The position was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. The first ambassador-at-large was Bob Seiple[2] who served from 1999 to 2001. He was succeeded by John Hanford[3] who served from May 2002 until January 2009. Suzan Johnson Cook served in the role from May 2011 to October 2013.[4] On July 28, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Rabbi David Saperstein for the position. On December 15, 2014 the Senate confirmed him to the office, making him the first non-Christian to hold this post.[5][6][7]

On July 26, 2017, the White House announced the nomination of Sam Brownback, the incumbent Governor of Kansas.[8]

[Solly Mack]

10. He screwed the state up and is now running away.

He'll do for religious freedom what he did for Kansas.