Trump Nominates an Apostle of 'White Erasure' for the State Department

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/politics/jeremy-carl-claremont-institute-senate-hearing.html

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Jeremy Carl, President Trump’s nominee for a senior State Department post, struggled at his confirmation hearing on Thursday to answer what should have been an easy question, since he wrote an entire book about it: What is white identity and why is it under threat?

After nervously rambling about white food and Black food, white music and Black music and white worship styles, Mr. Carl told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a loss of a dominant white culture is weakening the country. That notion has become an intellectual framework animating much of what has been described as the New Right, and Mr. Carl, who would if confirmed be the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, is one of its most prominent proponents.

But Mr. Carl’s halting defense of his theory on “white erasure,” along with previous statements about race and Jews, has put his nomination in danger. A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee chairman, John Curtis, Republican of Utah, came out in opposition immediately after the hearing was gaveled closed.

“I do not believe that Jeremy Carl is the right person to represent our nation’s best interests in international forums,” said Mr. Curtis, who chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over democracy and human rights, accusing Mr. Carl of making “insensitive remarks” about Jewish people.

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[J_William_Ryan]

1. "White food and Black food, white music and Black music and white worship styles"

‘White erasure' is just the most recent manifestation of white grievance politics and racist replacement theory.

There is no 'white erasure' – it is a euphemism contrived by the racist right to conceal the conservative agenda of hate.

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2. MaddowBlog-Accused of being a white nationalist, Trump State Dept. nominee faces bipartisan pushback

Jeremy Carl’s odds of success are poor and falling, but there’s a larger question hanging overhead: Why in the world did the president nominate this guy?

Accused of being a white nationalist, Trump State Dept. nominee faces bipartisan pushback

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Mike Walker (@newnarrative.bsky.social) 2026-02-13T14:56:15.032Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/accused-of-being-a-white-nationalist-trump-state-dept-nominee-faces-bipartisan-pushback

And then there’s Jeremy Carl, Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations, who has a similarly offensive background, including publishing online commentary suggesting the Capitol rioters of Jan. 6, 2021, were treated worse than Black people in the South during the Jim Crow era. He’s similarly championed the “great replacement” conspiracy theory and condemned white people who celebrate Juneteenth.

“We are essentially moving,” he told Tucker Carlson in April 2024, “to what is effectively a postwhite America.”

In case that wasn’t quite enough, Carl has also criticized Jewish people for wanting to “relitigate” the Holocaust, while claiming that Jews are “overrepresented” in the ranks of American billionaires.

In a normal and healthy political environment, these revelations would have led the White House to pull the nomination. But Carl, still backed by Trump, nevertheless went to Capitol Hill on Thursday for his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, where Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut asked him about his stated concerns regarding “the erasure of white culture.” To put it mildly, Carl struggled to defend his right-wing worldview.

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) 2026-02-12T21:15:09.155Z

....After the hearing, one Senate Republican, Utah’s John Curtis, announced his opposition to the nominee.

“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,” Curtis said in a statement.

While the Utahn is just one member, the GOP only has a one-vote advantage on the Foreign Relations Committee. In other words, if Curtis joins Democrats in opposing the nominee, he won’t have the votes to advance to the Senate floor.

Given the circumstances, Carl’s odds of being successfully confirmed are poor and falling, but there’s a larger question hanging overhead: Why in the world did the president nominate this guy, and why does Trump continue to support Carl’s nomination in light of everything we’ve learned about his indefensible worldview?

How did this racist asshole get nominated?

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4. "How did this racist asshole get nominated?"

Probably by the racists in Dump's cabinet.

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3. No one should be surprised