If Donald Trump picks someone to be part of his administration and they accept, there's now 100 percent chance that they're completely and utterly unfit to do whatever job they've been tapped for. Trump's nomination of Sam Clovis to be the chief scientist at the Department of Agriculture is no exception to that rule. From 2011 through 2014, Clovis, who has no scientific credentials, repeatedly argued against the legalization of same-sex marriage in his capacity as a conservative radio host, pundit, and Iowa candidate for U.S. Senate. CNN writes:
At a campaign stop during his failed campaign for the Republican Senate nomination in Iowa, Clovis said the science was still out but "as far as we know" being LGBT is choice. Clovis then concludes the protecting of LGBT people could mean that pedophilia would also be protected.
"Someone who engages in LGBT behavior -- I don't know what the science is on this, I think it's still out -- but as far as we know, LGBT behavior is a choice they make, Clovis says in a video obtained by CNN's KFile. "So we're being asked to provide Constitutional protections for behavior, a choice in behavior as opposed to a primary characteristic." [...]
"There's no equivalency there between the civil rights issue associated between those protected classes and the civil rights of someone who engages in a particular behavior," continues Clovis. "Follow the logic, if you engage in a particular behavior, what also becomes protected? If we protect LGBT behavior, what other behaviors are we going to protect? Are we going to protect pedophilia? [...]
When a questioner said some might call what Clovis' words extreme -- comparing the approval of same-sex protections to allowing pedophilia. Clovis said it was "logical."
"I don't think it's extreme," said Clovis. "I think it's a logical extension of thought. And if you cannot follow the logic then you're denying your in denial."
Absolutely. Ever since the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, the bills to legalize pedophilia have just been piling up—the momentum has been astounding.
Clovis's other credentials include being "extremely skeptical" of climate science, stoking racism, and accusing progressives of "enslaving" minorities.
Perhaps the real question is: are we going to provide constitutional protections for human jackasses? It's unclear whether Clovis has chosen to be a jackass or was just born with an ungodly low IQ—the science is still out on it—but perhaps he needs a category all his own.
No matter what, the country deserves better than having this loser as the under secretary for research, education, and economics at the Agriculture Department.