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Trump supporter Sheriff Clarke fired back at CNN panelist Marc Lamont Hill for referring to black Trump supporters as "mediocre Negroes" during a contentious panel discussion over Trump's visitors since the election.
The debate sparked up Monday on a CNN panel as Don Lemon hosted. After Marc Lamont Hill criticized Trump for meeting with African-Americans in the entertainment industry rather than those with a background in political policy, another panelist reminded him of Trump's diversity coalition.
Hill responded, “Yeah, it was a bunch of mediocre Negroes being dragged in front of TV as a photo-op for Donald Trump’s exploitative campaign against black people. And you are a prime example of that." Levell is the executive director of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump.
The interaction got a lot of attention, especially with those accusing Hill of using racially charged language.
On Tuesday Sheriff Clarke used his own charged language to fire back at the Morehouse College professor:
I am tired of this jigaboo telling black people who they should be, what they should do. He's a lackey for Democrats https://t.co/XRI5bEPo0F— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@David A. Clarke, Jr.) 1484667240.0
Hill responded:
I know YOU ain't talking about me, dog. YOU?!? Also, jigaboo?!?!? mwahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah https://t.co/OjsblPCIZN— Marc Lamont Hill (@Marc Lamont Hill) 1484667534.0
TV ONE anchor Roland Martin also jumped in:
This pathetic Black man @SheriffClarke calls @marclamonthill a "jigaboo." I don't allow folks to call him coon or t… https://t.co/DAMIHG9jdx— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) 1484667506.0
EXACTLY. I've never called @SheriffClarke an Uncle Tom, porch monkey, coon, hambone, shine, or handkerchief head. I… https://t.co/WluNoe3MsY— Marc Lamont Hill (@Marc Lamont Hill) 1484667626.0
Clarke shot back:
Booker T was talking about Marc Lamont Hill. If race relations get back on track after Obama re-opened the wound, H… https://t.co/Iso2iOdnJ5— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@David A. Clarke, Jr.) 1484668620.0
Marc Lamont Hill would call Frederick Douglas a "mediocre negro". If Douglas is a "mediocre negro" that would make… https://t.co/O1cqHJb9Vs— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@David A. Clarke, Jr.) 1484669391.0
Hill responded:
If you think Frederick Douglas would be a Trump supporter, then you have no sense of history or an adequate underst… https://t.co/lN5V1ku8pT— Marc Lamont Hill (@Marc Lamont Hill) 1484671326.0
The Twitter feud ended with Hill's pointed observation:
A hit dog will holler.— Marc Lamont Hill (@Marc Lamont Hill) 1484671343.0
Which seemed to imply that the popular Sheriff Clarke was one of the "mediocre negroes" he had originally criticized.
