Sheriff Clarke defends Sessions against racism charges

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Bice: Clarke defends Sessions against racism charges


Daniel Bice , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 5:15 p.m. CST November 23, 2016
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Now that he is done campaigning for Donald Trump and is back from a Caribbean cruise with conservative bigwigs, David A. Clarke Jr. has taken on a new task:

Standing up for Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the president-elect's controversial pick for attorney general.

In particular, Clarke — Milwaukee County's largely MIA sheriff — has gone on various national networks this week to help Sessions combat accusations of racism. Clarke is himself under consideration for a top job in the Trump administration.


"I'm tired of this race card thing," Clarke, who is black, said of the critics of the white AG nominee on Fox Business News. "The left is out of legitimate excuses for wanting some kind of dialogue about somebody...It's an automatic default from the left to call somebody a racist."......................