{"id":57045,"date":"2018-01-20T04:50:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T04:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57045"},"modified":"2018-01-20T04:50:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T04:50:49","slug":"trump-appointee-resigns-head-volunteer-agency-racist-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/trump-appointee-resigns-head-volunteer-agency-racist-remarks.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump appointee resigns as head of volunteer agency over racist remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Trump appointee resigns as head of volunteer agency over racist remarks<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the government\u2019s volunteer service organization has resigned after a CNN report revealed that the appointee had made racist and other inflammatory remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Carl Higbie, chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, made racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments while appearing on the \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d radio show in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d Higbie tweeted Friday morning. \u201cI\u2019m not sorry that my words were published, I am sorry that I said them in 2013. Those words do not reflect who I am or what I stand for, I regret saying them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In the 2013 segment, he made several comments against African-Americans, Muslims and homosexuals. He also said that soldiers suffering from PTSD had \u201cweak mind[s]\u201d and said that gun-carrying Americans should be permitted to shoot undocumented immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cLast night I informed the WH that I was resigning so as not to distract from POTUS\u2019 many success. #noexcuses,\u201d Higbie added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Corporation for National and Community Service, established in 1993, connects volunteers with service opportunities. The federal agency oversees millions of Americans in services that include AmeriCorps and Senior Corps. Higbie, a longtime Trump supporter, was appointed to the CNCS in August 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A spokeswoman for the agency, Samantha Jo Warfield, confirmed Higbie\u2019s resignation in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/01\/19\/carl-higbie-resigns-349402<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/trump-appointee-resigns-head-volunteer-agency-racist-remarks.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump appointee resigns as head of volunteer agency over racist remarks President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the government\u2019s volunteer service organization has resigned after a CNN report revealed that the appointee had made racist and other inflammatory remarks. 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