Sam Clovis, Trump's pick for USDA chief scientist, called progressives 'race traders' and 'race traitors' online

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, Sam Clovis, wrote a personal blog for years on which he accused progressives of "enslaving" minorities, described black political figures as "race traders," and said then-President Obama was a "Maoist" with "communist" roots.

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