As Trump and Pence turn their hate into policy, they also continue to fill the federal government with some of our most vicious opponents.
Sam Clovis, Trump's pick to be chief scientist for the Department of Agriculture, has argued that being LGBTQ is a choice and that the legalization of marriage equality could lead to the legalization of pedophilia, according to CNN.
There are few people less qualified to be the USDA’s top scientist than Sam Clovis. Clovis has built his career – as an activist, talk radio host, and failed politician – attacking LGBTQ people and spewing junk science. But, for Donald Trump, anti-equality views seem to be a job requirement. We’ve seen this with his cabinet picks, such as Jeff Sessions and Ben Carson, to his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, to his own Vice President.
Sam Clovis is an unqualified hate monger and has no place in the USDA. What's more, Sam Clovis is not a scientist. He's a climate change denier. And he's peddled racist theories about President Barack Obama.
Join with HRC today to make sure this anti-LGBTQ nominee never sees appointment.
