President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division is a woman who flirted with black supremacy, associated with anti-Semitic figures, and entertained anti-police policies — and you’ve probably never heard of her.
Kristen Clarke, Biden’s nominee for assistant attorney general, has a troubling history that deserves more attention than it’s getting. Last year, she wrote an op-ed for Newsweek titled “I Prosecuted Police Killings. Defund the Police — But Be Strategic.” Three times throughout the piece, Clarke said that “we must invest less in police” and more in “social workers,” “social supports in our schools,” and “mental health aid.” She may not have endorsed abolishing police departments completely, but she did endorse cutting their budgets, which is a key component of the ‘defund the police’ movement.
