While there’s no shortage of conspiracy theorists in the running to join former President Donald Trump’s administration — his reported front-runner for Attorney General is a walking, talking, conspiracy-tweeting red flag.
Earlier this year, Bloomberg News reported that Trump had repeatedly discussed the idea of hiring Mike Davis, a former aide to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), as either Acting Attorney General or White House Counsel. Months prior, Donald Trump Jr. said on his podcast that he and his father had discussed Davis as interim Attorney General.
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As Attorney General, Davis would have sweeping powers on race-related issues like voting rights, criminal justice, and immigration — which is why all of the things he’s said on social media are worth a mention.
Last year, Davis went on a racist rant about a “violent Black underclass” being a danger to Americans. (Think: the racism of the 1990s “Superpredator” myth but even more overtly offensive).
“The violent Black underclass is a danger to America. Especially to hard-working, law-abiding Black Americans and other minorities trapped in their ghettos,” he posted on X above a video of a group of Black teens. “We must resume the mass incarceration of these thugs.”
Davis went on to say that “these monsters will kill,” adding that “Americans must arm up.”
Unsurprisingly, Davis is also a fan of the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory. “Here’s a novel idea: Let’s stop importing into America third-world Marxist trash,” he posted on X, seemingly referring to Somali immigrant Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. “Especially those who hate America. Definitely don’t elect them to office. Unless, of course, this is the Democrats’ (and China’s) plan to destroy America from within.”
Omar isn’t the only Black woman he’s taken shots at.
Davis called Vice President Kamala Harris, “utterly incompetent” and “only picked because of her skin pigment and/or Genitals.” And made similar remarks about former Harvard President Claudine Gay and the school’s head of diversity, referring to their “skin pigment, genitals, perception of genitals, and attraction to genitals” as the reason she was hired. (Note: this man really likes to write the word genitals).
He also took shots at Joy Ann Reid, saying “Powerful Marxist Black Women, Like @Joyannreid, Are Some Of The Most Destructive Forces In American Society.”
As the November election creeps closer, it’ll be worth keeping a close eye on the emerging cast of characters, including Davis, who are within striking distance of the White House.
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