LGBT groups want Trump civil rights nominee blocked
Source: The Hill
BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 09/05/17 11:17 AM EDT
An LGBT advocacy group is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to block President Trump’s nomination to lead the Department of Justice’s civil rights decision.
In a Tuesday letter to Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lambda Legal argued that attorney Eric Dreiband is not committed to the department's cause.
“The message being sent, first by the 2018 budget proposal and now by the nomination of Mr. Dreiband, could not be more clear: under President Trump and Attorney General Sessions, the Civil Rights Division will no longer be in the business of defending civil rights,” the letter said. The letter comes the day members of Congress return from the August recess.
“Experienced and principled leadership is needed to ensure that the civil rights of our most vulnerable populations are protected and enforced,” the letter said. “Mr. Dreiband’s record of opposing civil rights renders him ill-suited to provide that kind of leadership to the Civil Rights Division.”
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