Lucas, the least-qualified and most-unpopular president-elect in modern
history is stocking his cabinet full of hardliners and shady loyalists.
His pick for attorney general was deemed
too racist for a federal judgeship by members of his own party. His future national
security adviser traffics in
anti-Muslim bigotry. His rumored treasury secretary is a Goldman Sachs executive, and his
transition team is loaded down with
corporate lobbyists.
Allowing Trump to appoint hatemongers and corporate insiders to leading
positions would corrupt our democratic institutions and put millions at
risk. Leading Democrats need to find their spines and immediately commit
to resisting and blocking Trump’s crony cabinet.
Sign the petition from CREDO and Daily Kos to Democratic leaders: Block
Trump’s crony cabinet.
Consider a short list of
potential Trump cabinet appointees:
- Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, is an avowed white supremacist.
- Jeff Sessions, nominee for attorney general, was rejected for a federal judgeship by fellow Republicans for a long history of racist behavior and beliefs, including saying the only problem with the Ku Klux Klan was marijuana use among members.
- Michael Flynn, nominee for national security adviser, who has personal and financial ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish authoritarian President Erdogan and has repeatedly peddled anti-Muslim bigotry.
- Steve Mnuchin, rumored to be the nominee for treasury secretary, is a former Goldman Sachs banker with zero government experience but a history of aggressively foreclosing on struggling Americans.
- Among other rumored appointments are Rudy Giuliani, the pioneer of racist police tactics like stop and frisk; David Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin who called Black Lives Matter protesters “subhuman creeps;” Joe Arpaio, the viciously anti-immigrant former Arizona sheriff; Myron Ebell, a climate-change denier with no scientific experience; and John Bolton, neo-con foreign policy voice who wants the United States to bomb Iran.
If Democrats don’t stand strong, our government will be under the
control of hatemongers and corporate cronies whose only qualification
is their loyalty to an authoritarian president-elect.
Tell Democratic leaders: Block Trump’s crony cabinet.
While we continue to resist Trump by challenging the electors to exercise
their moral conscience, we also have to pressure Democrats to put up a
firewall against Trump. There is no reason to give a hate-group candidate
who did not win the popular vote a free pass to appoint bigots, hatemongers
and corporate puppets to leading positions in government. If Democrats
stand their ground, they may even win allies from those Republicans who
were lukewarm on Trump and foresee the damage from an administration full
of unqualified cronies.
The Trump administration is elevating fringe elements of society while
giving more influence to Wall Street and corporate elites. Only by standing
united in fierce resistance can Democrats expose Trump’s true agenda
and build a diverse coalition demanding bold progressive change.
Tell Democratic leaders: Block Trump’s crony cabinet.
Thank you for speaking out,
Murshed Zaheed, Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets
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