Trump Declares War On Civil Rights By Filling His Administration With White Supremacists

Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:33 pm

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Three of Trump’s first five appointees have ties or views that are in line with the white supremacist movement. These appointees are likely to be staffing agencies and departments with others who share their views.

The announcements that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) will be Trump’s Attorney General and former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn will be Trump’s national security advisor are troubling on multiple fronts. Right Wing Watch noted that Sessions’ career has been defined by his opposition to civil rights, “In 1986, a bipartisan majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination to a federal judgeship in the midst of charges of racial bias. For example, Sessions had criticized civil rights groups as “un-American” and “Communist-inspired” and accused them of trying to “force civil rights down the throats of people.” He also dubbed a white civil rights attorney a “disgrace to his race,” according to a witness, and reportedly called a black lawyer in his office “boy.” In his confirmation hearing, he admitted to referring to the Voting Rights Act as “a piece of intrusive legislation,” and he later opposed efforts to update the landmark law.

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Sen. Sessions isn’t just a conservative. He is a conservative who holds very clear views about race. If Jeff Sessions is confirmed to the nation’s next attorney general, protesters and demonstrators will risk federal prosecution when they attempt to exercise their constitutionally protected free speech rights.

Michael Flynn also sees the world in racial terms. Flynn is a raging Islamaphobe, and his presence as National Security Advisor all but guarantees American troops will be back on the ground in the Middle East in larger numbers. Flynn is the walking definition of an anti-Muslim extremist. The additions of Flynn and Sessions combined with previously appointed White House senior adviser Steve Bannon mean that three-fifths of Trump’s initial appointments hold white supremacist views.

White supremacists are going to be making staffing decisions in the United States government.

The appointments that are being announced by Trump are painting a picture of an administration that intends to declare war on civil rights. The civil rights of all Americans will be endangered if the views held by Trump’s appointees are translated into agency, White House, and departmental policies.

The warning signs about Trump’s views on civil rights were obvious during the presidential campaign. Enough voters didn’t listen or had their votes suppressed. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were never the same. The American people are about to experience firsthand the undoing of decades of civil rights progress.

Donald Trump is staffing up for his first war, which won’t be over oil or ideology, but the civil liberties and constitutionally protected rights of the American people.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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