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

> President Trump has named his former speech writer #DarrenBeattie 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.” https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/4/headlines/competent_white_men_must_be_in_charge_white_supremacist_darren_beattie_gets_state_department_role #MAGA #DonaldTrump