One more considered one of Trump’s political nominees has been found to have a disturbing and problematic previous. Ed Martin, interim U.S. lawyer for the District of Columbia and Trump’s nominee to completely maintain the title, has allegedly made racist feedback in quite a few social media posts.
The Root not too long ago reported on Kingsley Wilson, one of many president’s deputy press secretaries on the Protection Division, and her historical past of antisemitic and racist tweets. Now, Martin—who helped arrange the “Cease the Steal” motion after Trump’s 2020 election loss—is seemingly his newest affiliate who has stated disgusting issues on-line.
In a March 11 story, The Guardian revealed that Martin has accused former Vice President Kamala Harris of “self-identifying” as Black proper earlier than the the 2024 presidential election. He additionally stated she was “the DEI candidate.”
“Hillary Clinton have to be kicking herself that she didn’t do it,” he said on social media final yr. Martin additionally wrote: “Transfer over Rachel Dolezal. Why Kamala Harris can by no means be Black,” he stated linking to an NPR article about Dolezal.
The Guardian verified that Martin was a columnist for the Night Whirl, a non-digital crime tabloid based mostly in St. Louis, Missouri. In a column from 2010 known as “What Would MLK Say?”, he used the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to push the racist stereotype that almost all welfare recipients are Black and brown.
In actuality, most People who reside under the poverty line are white. Martin turned a columnist after he resigned as chief of employees to the Republican governor of Missouri in 2007. He’s spent years making incendiary feedback, like defending the derogatory use of Barack Obama’s center identify.
Final week, Martin penned a letter instructing the dean of Georgetown’s regulation faculty to finish any of the varsity’s variety, fairness and inclusion initiatives. He insisted that his workplace wouldn’t rent anybody related to a college with DEI packages.
Martin additionally served on the 2024 Republican nationwide conference platform committee.
