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Mother Dhillon, The Far-right Lawyer Nominated by”https:\/\/www.BLN.com\/top-stories\/latest\/trump-smithsonian-institute-museum-library-services-rcna199331″ target=”_blank”>Donald Trump to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, was confirmed by the Senate on a 52-45 vote Thursday. The confirmation elevates a MAGA loyalist who has sought to undermine many Americans’ civil rights<\/a> into the top post responsible for upholding them.<\/p>\n

Dhillon is a key cog in conservatives’ vision for “lawfare”<\/a> — that is, weaponization of the law against political opponents. She co-chaired the group Lawyers for Trump, and she and her law firm have arguably been as rabid as anyone<\/a>in attacking Americans’ voting rights and pushing bogus claims that Trump was cheated out of victory in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

In late 2022, Dhillon launched a failed insurgent bid<\/a>to oust Ronna McDaniel as chair of the Republican National Committee — an effort that was supported by far-right activist Charlie Kirk, who has openly railed against the Civil Rights Act<\/a>which prohibits discrimination against marginalized groups. Tellingly, Dhillon’s main argument in that race was that the GOP needed to invest in a larger army of lawyers to help conservatives carry out their lawfare dreams and restrict Americans’ access to the ballot. And Dhillon is also known to peddle the conservative movement’s “anti-woke” propaganda<\/a>which seeks to marginalize racial and ethnic minorities and demonize LGBTQ people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She is, in a variety of ways, an enemy of civil rights. And if you’ve been watching Trump’s other selections<\/a> for top government posts<\/a>most of whom are antagonistic to the goals of the agencies they now lead, the reason Dhillon was chosen seems clear: to pervert the DOJ’s civil rights division and ensure it suits Trump’s illiberal ambitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ja’han Jones<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ja’han Jones is an BLN opinion blogger. He previously wrote The ReidOut Blog. He is a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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