Milwaukee sheriff, Trump supporter Clarke resigns

Will he get a White House job? Did the Left drive him out? What will happen to him now?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/clerk-milwaukee-sheriff-trump-supporter-clarke-resigns-204430576.html

Milwaukee sheriff, Trump supporter Clarke resigns
Associated Press IVAN MORENO and SCOTT BAUER,Associated Press 31 minutes ago


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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Outspoken Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who built a following among conservatives nationally with his provocative social media presence and strong support of Donald Trump, resigned on Thursday.

Clarke submitted his resignation in a one-sentence letter to the county clerk that gave no reason for his departure more than a year before his term is up. In a brief statement a couple of hours later, Clarke also didn't explain.

"After almost forty years serving the great people of Milwaukee County, I have chosen to retire to pursue other opportunities," the statement said. "I will have news about my next steps in the very near future."

Clarke's most recent Twitter post from Thursday afternoon showed him posing with law enforcement officers at the National Fraternal Order of Police convention in Nashville.

Clarke's many liberal foes welcomed his departure.

Voces de la Frontera, an advocacy group for immigrants and low-wage workers, had sharply criticized Clarke for seeking authority for his deputies to perform the functions of immigration agents. The group called his departure "a victory for the people of Milwaukee County and the state of Wisconsin" and claimed credit for driving him out of office.

"After years of abuse at his hands, the people of Milwaukee can sleep soundly tonight," state Sen. Lena Taylor, a Democrat from Milwaukee and a frequent Clarke critic, said in a statement.

The tough-talking, cowboy hat-wearing firebrand made himself a darling of the political right through his brash social media presence, his staunch support for Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration and his support for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods.

Some Wisconsin conservatives had encouraged Clarke in recent months to challenge U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, but he repeatedly rejected their overtures.

Clarke announced in May that he had taken a job at the Department of Homeland Security, but the agency never confirmed it. He later said he withdrew his name. He recently published a memoir, "Cop Under Fire."

Clarke was one of the few African-Americans to speak at the Republican National Convention last year. He has been vocal about gun rights and critical of what he called the "hateful ideology" of the Black Lives Matters movement, saying at times, "Stop trying to fix the police. Fix the ghetto."

Clark has been sheriff of Milwaukee County since 2002 and spent more than two decades before that with the city's police department.

A lengthy inquest into the dehydration death of a Milwaukee County Jail inmate earlier this year raised troubling questions about how Clarke managed the jail — just as the White House was said to be considering him. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office is considering charges in the case, but not against Clarke, because prosecutors said he wasn't directly involved in the events that led to the inmate's death.

Clarke, a frequent Fox News guest, earned more than $105,000 last year in speaking fees — almost as much as his sheriff's salary — at more than three dozen events across the country.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker would be responsible for appointing someone to serve the remainder of Clarke's term, which runs through 2018. Walker's spokesman Tom Evenson said once he receives official notification of his resignation, the process of finding a replacement will begin.

Evenson did not immediately respond to an email seeking reaction from the governor to Clarke's decision to resign.

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Bauer reported from Madison, Wisconsin.

 

He IS a registered Democrat. Blue Dog obviously.

He's a great guy. Met him a few times. He'd do a great job in the Administration.

 

I'd be curious to hear "why". I'd suspect he's got bigger and better plans on the horizon.

 

He should have kept the job with a pension.

Many that work at The White House have a career life expectancy of a fruit fly.

 

He will get a great retirement package.

 

So Boot lickin Clarke quit.

 

What a dumb bitch with no sense of irony that it's because of LEO's like Clarke that she, and the people of Milwaukee get to sleep soundly.

 

He probably left because he was eligible to collect a pension already.

 

The good people of Milwaukee county can sleep easier with this deranged idiot gone. I suspect approval ratings worse than Trump's and pending lawsuits filed against him might be a reason......and you know it's bad when the adults in Trumpland don't want you....although you'll get a shout out for your book, LOL. The good news is Clarke and his merry band of psychos won't be killing any more inmates in the county jail.

 

And there you have it, if there's anything the left hates more than a cop it's a black cop. You can almost hear the gears turning in their heads trying to figure out how to call him a racist, fascist and nazi.

 

Hahaha they're glad they got rid of the guy keeping the criminals off the streets. Hahahahahaha.

 

Yeah so mediocre.

 

Um, I didn't call him a racist, fascist or Nazi. I never said anything about his color or creed. I did call him a deranged idiot which is an apt description (he's been called worse)...and the majority of the good citizens of Milwaukee county may just agree with that, LOL.

Where my post is concerned, your post totally dishonest and, to use a phrase you guys like, fake news. This is not unexpected......

 

I'm surprised you didn't go straight to Uncle Tom. You're slipping.

 

The Left, the left, the left, the left. Now why do you say I hate cops, please explain that bullshit.

Where did I call him any of the 3?

You right wingers are great about making up ****.

 

Never slippin baby.

 

I never said you called him a racist, fascist or Nazi. Please reread my post and then please correct your assertion about my honesty.

 

You damn well implied it....in a cowardly way.........disgusting.

 

You mean after you called Clarke a murderer?

 

This is how Leftists treat virtually ANY black person that dares to stray from their plantation.

They did it to Carson, Rice, Cain, Elder, etc....

 

Four deaths in Clarke's jail in a year and a grand jury recommended criminal charges be filed against seven of his employees for these deaths - yeah, I'd say there is a bit of a problem in Milwaukee county and with the leader of the Sherriff's dept. - David Clarke.

Clarke isn't posting here and he wasn't the one who implied I was a rascist - it was you......

 

Blah blah blah...

A friend of mine, when I first met him, pinched the skin on his forearm (his mom is Japanese and his dad is of African descent). He said that it was stupid that we argue over skin color.

Another thing he says is: "I get along with everybody because I don't expect them to be me."

I think you are one of those stereotypical black people who hate extra hard on any black person who isn't you.

 

Looks like Mr. Clarke is going to Washington:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/31/david-clarke-trump-administration-sheriff-242234

 

Isn't this the same guy who announced a few months ago that he was taking a job in the Trump Administration but he ended up not getting one?

 

Based on his time of service he's probably already fully vested and will get his pension.

He's an interesting man. I've seen him interviewed a few times and I think he's very personable and sharp.