Sam Clovis: Trump's pick for top science job called progressives 'race traitors'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Donald Trump’s nominee to be the department of agriculture’s lead scientist used to run a blog that also likened Obama to a ‘communist’ and ‘dictator’

Oliver Milman
@olliemilman
Wednesday 2 August 2017 16.39 EDT


Sam Clovis, who has been nominated by Donald Trump to be the department of agriculture’s top scientist, previously ran a blog where he called progressives “race traders and race ‘traitors’” and likened former president Barack Obama to a “communist” and a “dictator”.

Clovis, previously a college professor and radio talk show host in Iowa, wrote the blog for his show Impact with Clovis. The website has been taken down but is archived.

In a September 2011 post, Clovis said that Obama was “brought up by socialists to be a socialist. His associations were socialists or worse, criminal dissidents who were bent on overthrowing the government of the United States.”

Warming to the theme, Clovis claimed in subsequent posts that Obama had a “communist father, socialist mother” and “has designs on being a dictator”. Obama’s followers, Clovis claimed are “progressive, Maoist, anti-colonist”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/02/donald-trump-sam-clovis-old-blog-progressives-obama

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Clovis is six bricks short of a full load. . . . nt

[TomCADem]

2. Do you think Trump would really allow a peaceful transfer of power?

[H2O Man]

8. That is

the most important question.

[Chasstev365]

3. His arteries won't last a year!

[canetoad]

4. On a side-note

The strain is showing in Cheeto's face. He's more puffy and soft looking that usual. Ain't that great?

[NEOBuckeye]

5. He looks like he needs an enema.

Another constipated old man.

[StevieM]

6. This is so disgraceful. I hope that he doesn't get a single Democratic vote for confirmation.

And I hope that three GOP senators will do the right thing and vote against him.

[musette_sf]

7. Because of course Mr Creosote is at the bottom of the swamp

[ProudLib72]

9. Being nominated by tRump

is like receiving "The Touch of Death". You either get sucked into the Russia maelstrom, or you get fired within a month. I'd be happy if either of these two eventualities happened to this dip shit.

[Moostache]

10. Suspenders AND a belt? Is that normal?

I only ask because I really do not know...Clovis is clearly a piece of shit regardless of that answer.
Just another example of an ideologue with no clue of reality in a position he cannot possibly handle...

[dalton99a]

11. Blessings of cardiovascular disease upon him

Stupid pig

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. It really seems like the the prime requirement for any high level job appointment for Trump

Is directly related to how much they hate Obama. Hate Democrats. And of course, are completely ill qualified in a professional sense, to fill the position.

[lunasun]

13. Agriculture ? Get ready for soy lent green made from ground up liberals and even more factory

farming animal cruelty and chemicals galore
gods will of course !

[not fooled]

14. USDA employees

on suicide watch.

What a disgrace.

[videohead5]

15. Reminds me

Of this video.

[kimbutgar]

16. Porky pig is better looking than him

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

17. He was great in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof!

or is that the guy who played Cannon?