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“Competent White Men Must Be in Charge”: White Supremacist Darren Beattie Gets State Department Role

HeadlineFeb 04, 2025
Image Credit: National Conservatism

President Trump has named his former speech writer Darren Beattie to a senior position at the State Department. Beattie was fired in 2018 after CNN reported he’d spoken at a conference attended by white nationalists. Last October, Beattie wrote, “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.”

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