Lolllllllll https://t.co/MSLmuArSCH
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 17, 2017
I'm positively parched for more news about this story. https://t.co/iaRJhYQgs1
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) May 17, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke goes to Washington? This is fine:
.@SheriffClarke tells @VickiMcKenna he's leaving the Milwaukee County Sheriff's office to take a job at the Dept. of Homeland Security.
— Brady Carlson (@BradyCarlson) May 17, 2017
Milwaukee Co. Sheriff Clarke taking appointment to asst. sec. of Homeland Security in D.C. per WISN radio just now.
— Nick Penzenstadler (@npenzenstadler) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/VickiMcKenna/status/864922915409727488
Tells conservative radio host @VickiMcKenna he will be in Office of Partnership and Programs, as liaison with local police, governments. https://t.co/rTEUvQkNn3
— Alan Neuhauser (@alneuhauser) May 17, 2017
Apparently this is really happening:
“I’m both honored and humbled to be a appointed to this position by [DHS Sec. John Kelly], working for the Trump administration in this position,” Clarke told WISN Milwaukee.
Clarke will begin in the position in June.
WH official notes that Sherif Clarke's position is NOT a presidential appointment. would be a secretarial one
— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 17, 2017
.@SheriffClarke will oversee coordinating outreach 2 state, local and tribal law enforcement. Post does not require Senate confirmation.
— JR Ross (@jrrosswrites) May 17, 2017
What could possibly go wrong?
Dehydrate the swamp. https://t.co/39obCmWgXE
— Nicholas Sarwark (@nsarwark) May 17, 2017
Good news for prisoners in Milwaukee who can now get a glass of water
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 17, 2017
The only people that will be more secure from this appointment are the pisoners in Wisconsin. #HeadDesk https://t.co/hNBec9kJYl
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 17, 2017
He should investigate the death which happened under his watch. https://t.co/Nrb0uKYhHb
— Mike (@ThePantau) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/864927162113155072
Don't put him in charge of any detention facilities. People might die. https://t.co/yLq17YL8du
— Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) May 17, 2017
Ouch.
Sheriff Clarke – whose office is being investigated for an inmate's dehydration death – says he's taking a top job at Homeland Security. https://t.co/pO6ZrrYYra
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) May 17, 2017
His jails are under multiple investigations. https://t.co/O5vnimqUD1 https://t.co/N53CHVzD4U
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) May 17, 2017
Background: Prosecutors said Clarke's guards withheld water from an inmate for 7 days before he died. One of 4 deaths in his jail last year.
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) May 17, 2017
Four people, including a newborn baby, have died in Clarke's jail. https://t.co/PJcT8qn2eX
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 17, 2017
For much more: https://t.co/yVbQcWsYyV
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) May 17, 2017
.@SheriffClarke's MKE County Jail is under investigation due to a dehydration death. Clarke just got a DHS job https://t.co/ZQilLoS9CK
— Mary Spicuzza (@MSpicuzzaMJS) May 17, 2017
Yeah … maybe Sheriff Clarke should focus on getting that stuff cleared up before he sets his sights on DHS.
DONE. https://t.co/i46qQEYVRB
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) May 17, 2017
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? https://t.co/J0A6xPf4iU— Ryan (@chasinghumility) May 17, 2017
NO! This guy should not be in any important position anywhere! https://t.co/yuQDUoRpC5
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) May 17, 2017
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/864925461041774600
End times https://t.co/bFlGF6YIqS
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 17, 2017
Killer Clarke to Homeland Security. Great.
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/864933146357313538
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/858036735107899392
Let's be clear on this: David Clarke is egregious, with a serious prisoner abuse scandal in bckgrnd + a nasty authoritarian attitude. https://t.co/W0LdykTh13
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) May 17, 2017
This is a disgrace. Hopefully he will be too incompetent to do any real damage at DHS & Milwaukee prisons can get fixed with him gone https://t.co/2o39dOr1OU
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) May 17, 2017
Horrible pick. This admin is more concerned with Fox News sound bites than actual governance. https://t.co/UUxJ8eUOWl
— Demetrius Minor (@dminor85) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/FigDrewton/status/864925310705389570
Let's be clear on this: David Clarke is egregious, with a serious prisoner abuse scandal in bckgrnd + a nasty authoritarian attitude. https://t.co/W0LdykTh13
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/864925448618352640
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
DHS on Sheriff Clarke hiring: "No such announcement with regard to the Office of Public Engagement has been made."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 17, 2017
Sr. positions are announced when made official by the Sec. No such announcement w/ regard to the Office of Public Engagement has been made.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) May 17, 2017
More from the Washington Examiner:
“The position mentioned is a secretarial appointment. Such senior positions are announced by the Department when made official by the Secretary. No such announcement with regard to the Office of Public Engagement has been made,” DHS said in a statement.
But a former DHS official told the Washington Examiner that Clarke was offered the position last month and will oversee the state and local law enforcement office.
So … stay tuned?
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