{"id":540415,"date":"2021-05-25T17:20:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540415"},"modified":"2021-05-25T17:20:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:20:18","slug":"senate-confirms-doj-nominee-who-once-pushed-essay-comparing-cops-to-kkk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-doj-nominee-who-once-pushed-essay-comparing-cops-to-kkk\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Confirms DOJ Nominee Who Once Pushed Essay Comparing Cops To KKK"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-confirms-doj-nominee-who-once-pushed-essay-comparing-cops-to-kkk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540415&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kristen-clarke-scaled-e1621975731665.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke to lead the Department of Justice\u2019s Civil Rights Division on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Maine Rep. Susan Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-confirms-doj-nominee-kristen-clarke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted<\/a> with all 50 Democrats to confirm Clarke. Her nomination survived Republican criticism for her promotion of an essay that compared police officers to the Ku Klux Klan, as well as other insults towards police officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.545189504373\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed Kristen Clarke to lead the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is she eminently qualified and the ideal person to advance our civil rights and restore credibility at the Division, she\u2019s the first Black woman to hold this role.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryDems\/status\/1397276501033246723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer used a discharge petition to advance Clarke\u2019s nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/kristen-clarke-civil-rights-division-2bc1a5fe-b8d5-4b83-bd70-a2d2ef97386a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While at Columbia University, Clarke <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/22\/kristen-clarke-amiri-baraka-mumia-abu-jamal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommended<\/a> an essay entitled \u201cMumia, \u2018Lynch Law\u2019 &amp; Imperialism\u201d to her mentor for an academic journal.<\/p>\n<p>The essay, written by the late Amiri Baraka, declares, \u201cThe Klan is now the Police, with Blue uniforms replacing the sheets and hoods. The corrupt racist Judges, are petty Klan administrators.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/12\/joe-biden-justice-department-kristen-clarke-civil-rights-division-harvard-letter-bell-curve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: A Joe Biden Justice Department Pick Argued In 1994 That Blacks Have \u2018Greater Mental, Physical And Spiritual Abilities\u2019 Than Whites)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clarke also promoted the Jussie Smollett hate crime <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/clarkristen-clarke-biden-jussie-smollett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hoax<\/a>, and falsely claimed that Jacob <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/every-cop-in-america-should-be-terrified-tom-cotton-accuses-kristen-clarke-of-jumping-to-conclusions-on-jacob-blake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/14\/gma-interviews-jacob-blake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unarmed<\/a> when police shot him. In response to her claim that Blake was unarmed, Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton said during her confirmation hearing, \u201cEvery cop in America should be terrified that the Department of Justice is going to jump to a conclusion when they have to make a split second decision to defend themselves or to defend innocent, law-abiding citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/kristen-clarke-civil-rights-doj\/2021\/05\/24\/2f42df56-bca9-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described<\/a> Clarke and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta as \u201ctwo of the most radical nominees ever put forward for any position in the federal government,\u201d in an interview with the Washington Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke to lead the Department of Justice\u2019s Civil Rights Division on Tuesday.Republican Maine Rep. Susan Collins voted with all 50 Democrats to confirm Clarke. 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