Trump’s Pick For State Department Post Challenged On His Belief in the ‘Erasure of White Culture’ and Remarks about Jews

‘Um…Lemme Think’: Trump’s Pick For Top State Department Post Sputters When Challenged On His Belief in the ‘Erasure of White Culture’​

In the video, [Senator] Murphy asked, “Tell me how you define white identify and white and what you think is being erased about white identity.”

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CARL: I would say the white church is very different from the Black church in terms of its tone and style, on average. Um, food ways can often be different. Um, music —

MURPHY: And those are being erased?

CARL: Music can be different, if you look at the Super Bowl halftime show that was not in English this year.

MURPHY: So, our ability to access white churches or white food or white music is being erased?

Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) said in a statement Thursday, “After reviewing his record and participating in today’s hearing, I do not believe that Jeremy Carl is the right person to represent our nation’s best interests in international forums, and I find his anti-Israel views and insensitive remarks about the Jewish people unbecoming of the position for which he has been nominated.”

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In the past, Carl has appeared to endorse the “great replacement theory,” slammed the Juneteenth holiday and called for the execution of American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, according to CNN. He deleted nearly 5,000 social media posts since before his nomination, the outlet reported in September.

“We are essentially moving,” he told conservative media commentator Tucker Carlson in April 2024, “to what is effectively, a post-White America.”