Donald Trump's chief scientist pick at Department of Agriculture described progressives as 'race traitors'
He also called Barack Obama a 'dictator'
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump's pick for chief scientist at the Department of Agriculture previously ran a blog where he described progressives as "race traitors" and called former president Barack Obama a "dictator."
Sam Clovis, a former economics professor and radio talk show host, wrote the blog for his Impact with Clovis show.
He has been criticised for his lack of a scientific credentials and his "scepticism" of climate change.
Although the website has been taken down, archived pages are still available.
In one post from September 2011, Mr Clovis said Mr Obama was "brought up by socialists to be a socialist" and "has designs on being a dictator."
He wrote: "His associations were socialists or worse, criminal dissidents who were bent on overthrowing the government of the United States.
"He has no experience at anything other than race baiting and race trading as a community organizer."
A month earlier, he denounced progressives as "liars, race traders and race traitors."
He also accused "progressives, socialists and fellow travellers" of keeping minorities "enslaved to government."
He also said the civil rights leader WEB Du Bois was "the first race trader" for endorsing Woodrow Wilson.
According to CNN, a spokesperson for the Department of Agrilcutre defended Clovis, describing him as "a proud conservative and a proud American."
“All of his reporting either on the air or in writing over the course of his career has been based on solid research and data. He is after all an academic.”
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