NEW: The White House is pushing Pentagon to hire a conspiracy theorist for a top job who among other things said impeachment witness Alex Vindman was "spy," that BLM was a Marxist agent of China, and that Obama, Comey, Brennan, and Clapper were communists https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/rich-higgins-conspiracy-theorist-kfile/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/2...
Rich Higgins would serve as chief of staff to Anthony Tata, the nominee for Pentagon policy chief. The White House is pushing for a Tata hearing despite him calling Obama a Muslim "terrorist leader" and "Manchurian candidate." https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/rich-higgins-conspiracy-theorist-kfile/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/2...
A Congressional source told CNN that Tata is expected to get a nomination hearing before the August recess. The committee also expects to hold a private executive session on Tata before the hearing, too.
All Democrats have said they& #39;d vote against Tata. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/rich-higgins-conspiracy-theorist-kfile/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/2...
All Democrats have said they& #39;d vote against Tata. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/rich-higgins-conspiracy-theorist-kfile/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/2...
"We had our first openly communist president in Obama," Higgins said in 2019. "You know, he brings in all these open and some, you know, some more closeted Marxists. I mean, Comey has a communist history. Brennan has a communist history. Clapper has a communist history."
In another tweet, Higgins dismissed the nationwide protests held in the wake of George Floyd& #39;s death as "not organic" and claimed that Venezuela, Cuba and "other marxist state assets" were "operating inside these protests." https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/rich-higgins-conspiracy-theorist-kfile/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/2...