{"id":1003024,"date":"2018-11-29T19:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T23:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003024"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:48","slug":"dnc-on-trumps-failed-nomination-of-thomas-farr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-trumps-failed-nomination-of-thomas-farr\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Trump\u2019s Failed Nomination of Thomas Farr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThomas Farr has spent his professional life attacking the civil rights of African Americans. He doesn\u2019t belong anywhere near the federal bench, and his nomination was yet another example of the lengths Republicans will go to silence communities of color.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUnlike Thomas Farr and Republican leaders, Democrats believe diversity makes our democracy stronger. We believe every eligible voter should be able to make their voice heard. Today is a victory for everybody who organized, spoke out, and refused to accept bigotry on the bench. And we will keep fighting back against any Trump nominee who threatens the values of equality and justice for all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement: &nbsp; \u201cThomas Farr has spent his professional life attacking the civil rights of African Americans. He doesn\u2019t belong anywhere near the federal bench, and his nomination was yet another example of the lengths Republicans will go to silence communities of color. &nbsp; \u201cUnlike Thomas Farr and Republican [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on Trump\u2019s Failed Nomination of Thomas Farr - Democrats<\/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:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-trumps-failed-nomination-of-thomas-farr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-29T23:36:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-trumps-failed-nomination-of-thomas-farr\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-trumps-failed-nomination-of-thomas-farr\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Trump\u2019s Failed Nomination of Thomas Farr - 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