{"id":1776,"date":"2017-08-10T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/10\/dnc-responds-to-sam-clovis-racial-intolerance\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:31:00","slug":"dnc-responds-to-sam-clovis-racial-intolerance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-responds-to-sam-clovis-racial-intolerance\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Responds to Sam Clovis Racial Intolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/10\/politics\/kfile-sam-clovis-on-the-radio\/index.html\">reports<\/a> that Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick for chief scientist for the Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis, called DNC Chair Tom Perez a &ldquo;racist Latino,&rdquo; former Attorney General Holder a &ldquo;racist black,&rdquo; and fueled unfounded birtherism theories of President Obama, DNC Spokesperson Michael Tyler, released the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These comments are disgusting and disqualifying. Sam Clovis has pushed right-wing conspiracies for years and used sickening rhetoric to insult our leaders and African-American and Latino communities across the country. It is unacceptable for Trump to condone such behavior by giving him a top seat in his administration. While Trump, Pence, and Republicans in Congress continue to divide our country, Democrats are united against all forms of prejudice and hatred.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<strong>Comit&eacute; Nacional Dem&oacute;crata responde a comentarios de intolerancia racial de Sam Clovis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Tras conocerse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/10\/politics\/kfile-sam-clovis-on-the-radio\/index.html\">reportes<\/a> de que Sam Clovis, quien fue nominado por Donald Trump como Jefe Cient&iacute;fico del Departamento de Agricultura, llam&oacute; al Director del DNC, Tom P&eacute;rez, &#8220;racista latino&#8221;, y al ex Fiscal General Holder &#8220;racista negro&#8221; as&iacute; como haber promovido teor&iacute;as infundadas del lugar de nacimiento del presidente Obama, el vocero del Comit&eacute; Nacional Dem&oacute;crata, Michael Tyler, dio a conocer la siguientes declaraciones:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Estos comentarios son desagradables y descalificativos. Sam Clovis ha empujado conspiraciones derechistas durante a&ntilde;os y ha usado una ret&oacute;rica enfermiza para insultar a nuestros l&iacute;deres y a las comunidades afroamericana y latina en todo el pa&iacute;s. Es inaceptable que Trump apruebe tal comportamiento premi&aacute;ndolo con un importante puesto en su administraci&oacute;n. Mientras que Trump, Pence y los republicanos en el Congreso contin&uacute;an dividiendo a nuestro pa&iacute;s, los dem&oacute;cratas est&aacute;n unidos contra todas las formas de prejuicio y odio &#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following reports that Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick for chief scientist for the Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis, called DNC Chair Tom Perez a &ldquo;racist Latino,&rdquo; former Attorney General Holder a &ldquo;racist black,&rdquo; and fueled unfounded birtherism theories of President Obama, DNC Spokesperson Michael Tyler, released the following statement: &ldquo;These comments are disgusting and disqualifying. 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