Outspoken Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said on Wednesday that he has taken a job at the Department of Homeland Security.
Clarke made the surprise announcement during an interview with Milwaukee-based WISN-AM, saying he’ll work in the Office of Partnership and Engagement as a liaison to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies, Fox News reported.
BREAKING NEWS: @POTUS purportedly taps @SheriffClarke for Homeland Security post pic.twitter.com/0QmgU4kMKx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 17, 2017
The new job would come just as an inquest into the dehydration death of an inmate at the Milwaukee County Jail recommended criminal charges against as many as seven jail employees, according to Fox News — disobedient inmates were allegedly deprived of water as punishment and pleas for help were ignored.
Clarke was not among those who could face charges.
“I’m both honored and humbled to be appointed to this position,” Clarke said in the interview.
The host of the radio show, Vicki McKenna, took to social media to share the scoop:
https://twitter.com/VickiMcKenna/status/864922915409727488
There has been no official confirmation. Homeland Security spokeswoman Jenny Burke told ABC News “such senior positions are announced by the Department when made official by the Secretary. No such announcement with regard to the Office of Public Engagement has been made.”
Huffington Post senior politics editor Sam Stein more or less confirmed as much in a tweet:
WH official notes that Sherif Clarke's position is NOT a presidential appointment. would be a secretarial one
— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 17, 2017
Nonetheless, the very idea of Clarke, an avid Trump supporter who spoke at last year’s Republican National Convention, being at DHS was enough to send haters on the left over the edge.
…while most on the right celebrated the news.
Dehydrate the swamp. https://t.co/39obCmWgXE
— Nicholas Sarwark (@nsarwark) May 17, 2017
@LibertyInGARyan @nsarwark Maybe fewer people will die in his prisons now
— PB Livin’ (@wh0sthatd0g) May 17, 2017
Good news for prisoners in Milwaukee who can now get a glass of water
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/864927162113155072
@samsteinhp Only good thing about this would be the people of Milwaukee should be able to find a decent human being as a new sheriff.
— Mike Fisher (@FisherM24) May 17, 2017
@samsteinhp My only hope is that they will run out of truly despicable people to name to positions they are uniquely unqualified for.
— Sandra Hall (@BushallSam1) May 17, 2017
And his critics were not above playing the race card against Sheriff Clarke:
@VickiMcKenna @SheriffClarke Well, he’s gonna learn he’s black now.#YesISaidIt
— Real Facade (@realfacade1) May 17, 2017
@FoxNews @POTUS @SheriffClarke I hereby declare the term ‘Uncle Tom’ as obsolete. From now on it shall be replaced by Uncle Clarke. I’m actually serious about this.
— Stubborn Facts (@TruthCruncher) May 17, 2017
On a more positive note:
@ddfortrump @FoxNews @POTUS @SheriffClarke Omg is this real news fake news or unnamed sources news? This would be SWEET!!??
— SAKramer???⚾️⛳️? (@skramerbyu_82) May 17, 2017
@FoxNews @POTUS @SheriffClarke this is going to make CNN bananas …he was the first to call them #fakenews even before the election
— brent74 (@brent74) May 17, 2017
@FoxNews @POTUS @SheriffClarke Good news… Sheriff Clarke will be excellent!
— SC Gran (@TammieF70119022) May 17, 2017
@FoxNews @POTUS @SheriffClarke I can’t help but LMAO at all the negative tweets f/ the left! This choice obviously has angered them, so it’s a great choice..lol
— Brad McDermott (@BradMcDermottAK) May 17, 2017
@FoxNews @POTUS @SheriffClarke The #trumptrain keeps pushing forward. Nothing will hold it back.
— MAGA (@NYCMAGA) May 17, 2017
The newest member of @realDonaldTrump's A Team:
Welcome @SheriffClarke! https://t.co/GIHOvi0SLv pic.twitter.com/Ve1qtX8ECz
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) May 18, 2017
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