A man recently hired by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee referred to Capitol Police as “white supremacists” following the riot on Jan. 6.
“The answer to white supremacists storming the Capitol is not to give more money to a different group of white supremacists who’s [sic] job it is to uphold white supremacy,” Dyjuan Tatro, a newly hired senior adviser for diversity and inclusion, said in a now-deleted tweet.
Tatro, who has admitted to being involved with shootings and drug deals as well as spending time in prison, tweeted last year that looting is a “vital” form of social protest.
“I don’t understand why you can’t CONDEMN VIOLENT POLICE & acknowledge LOOTING as a VITAL form of social PROTEST,” Tatro tweeted last August. “And, how about YOU not use sterilized language when referring to state sanctioned murder while maligning protests against the systemic racism that enables it.”
I don’t understand why you can’t CONDEMN VIOLENT POLICE & acknowledge LOOTING as a VITAL form of social PROTEST.
And, how about YOU not use sterilized language when referring to state sanctioned murder while maligning protests against the systemic racism that enables it. 1/2 https://t.co/soWSsgPiEH
— Dyjuan Tatro (@DyjuanTatro) August 27, 2020
The DCCC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.
Cole Leiter, DCCC communications director, defended the hire on Monday and dismissed criticism over Tatro’s lengthy criminal record as “trash.”
“.@DyjuanTatro serves his time,” Leiter tweeted. “Then @DCCC hires him after he becomes a national leader in a bipartisan movement to reform prison education systems. @NYPost publishes trash headline.”
.@DyjuanTatro serves his time.
Then @DCCC hires him after he becomes a national leader in a bipartisan movement to reform prison education systems.@NYPost publishes trash headline. https://t.co/R0eYQSPEhC
— Cole Leiter (@coleleiter) February 15, 2021
