{"id":3484,"date":"2017-05-18T18:13:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T23:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2018-08-20T14:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T19:12:54","slug":"controversial-milwaukee-sheriff-joins-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/controversial-milwaukee-sheriff-joins-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Milwaukee sheriff joins Trump administration, because of course he does"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the whirlwind of news out of Washington this week, it\u2019s looking more and more like the Trump train has left the tracks entirely<\/a>, defied the laws of physics<\/a> and hurled itself directly into the sun<\/a>. But that\u2019s not stopping Donald Trump from trying to be presidential \u2014 in this case, filling one of the many openings still scattered around the various cabinet departments.<\/p>\n

David Clarke, the controversial sheriff of Milwaukee County, yesterday told conservative radio host Vicki McKenna<\/a> that he\u2019ll be leaving his current gig to join the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Office of Partnership and Engagement, where he\u2019ll serve as a liaison to state, local and tribal law enforcement and governments.<\/p>\n

This is good news for residents of Milwaukee County, who seem to have grown tired of Sheriff Clarke\u2019s, shall we say, colorful persona. A January poll showed that a scant 31% of Milwaukee County voters approved of Clarke<\/a>, who\u2019s been criticized for spending the majority of his time traveling the country for speaking engagements rather than engaging himself in the department. And that doesn\u2019t even begin to cover the lawsuit Clarke\u2019s currently embroiled in over the death of an inmate who was denied water<\/a> (yes, water<\/em>) for seven days in one of the Sheriff\u2019s jails.<\/p>\n

Clarke has been a longtime supporter of Trump, speaking frequently for him on the campaign trail. He\u2019s also been known to deal out the hottest of hot takes, like his theory that Black Lives Matter activists are going to join forces with ISIS<\/a>\u00a0to destroy America,\u00a0which is confusing given that the sheriff himself is black. There\u2019s also that time he called for the suspension of habeas corpus<\/a> to justify his baseless claim that millions of Americans are aiding ISIS and should be jailed at Guantanamo Bay indefinitely (dude\u2019s got a real fixation on ISIS).<\/p>\n

And that doesn\u2019t even broach Clarke\u2019s lack of qualification. He\u2019s a proud authoritarian who once threatened\u00a0to kill a man<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0using the Milwaukee County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s official Facebook account<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 for shaking his head at Clarke.\u00a0For a guy who loves calling people \u201csnowflakes,\u201d that’s an incredibly snowflake-y thing to do, much like threatening\u00a0to beat up reporters<\/a>\u00a0who call bullshit on him (kudos to\u00a0Milwaukee Record<\/em> for finding the humor in this vile, terrifying man). And though Clarke has held his position since 2002, it\u2019s not entirely clear that he\u2019s any good at it. Aside from the whole \u201cdepriving an inmate of water\u201d thing, Clarke\u2019s department has also been accused of forcing a woman\u00a0to give birth in shackles<\/a> and causing the death of an\u00a0unborn child\u00a0<\/a>due to neglect.<\/p>\n

But, nevertheless, Clarke announced that he\u2019s \u201cboth honored and humbled\u201d to be working in the Trump administration. And I think I speak not just for Milwaukee County, but for much of Wisconsin when I say, \u201cGood for you, Sheriff Snowflake. Now take your stupid hat, glued-on felt goatee and fake medals<\/a> and kindly get the fuck out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the whirlwind of news out of Washington this week, it\u2019s looking more and more like the Trump train has left the tracks entirely, defied the laws of physics and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5152],"tags":[1435,2196,62,284],"yoast_head":"\nControversial Milwaukee sheriff joins Trump administration, because of course he does - The Bozho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/controversial-milwaukee-sheriff-joins-trump-administration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Controversial Milwaukee sheriff joins Trump administration because of course he does\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Clarke parlays 31 percent approval rating into Homeland Security gig.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/controversial-milwaukee-sheriff-joins-trump-administration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bozho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-18T23:13:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-20T19:12:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DavidClarke.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Controversial Milwaukee sheriff joins Trump administration\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Because of course he does.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Whitcomb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thebozho\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebozho\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Bozho\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"description\":\"Seeing things. 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