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President Trump intends to hire Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia attorney general, for a top immigration policy role in the Department of Homeland Security, according to administration officials. rightwingwatch.org/report/ken-cuc…
Right Wing Watch reported on Cuccinelli’s ultraconservative history in 2013 as he was running for Governor in Virginia and took a look at his right-wing rhetoric and positions on immigration, health care, abortion, and gay rights. rightwingwatch.org/report/ken-cuc…
On immigration: Cuccinelli tried to amend labor laws to allow employers to fire employees because of the “inability or refusal to speak English at the workplace” and to disqualify such workers from receiving unemployment benefits. rightwingwatch.org/report/ken-cuc…
In a 2012 radio interview, Cuccinelli brought immigrant families into a discussion about a local pest control law, saying the law was “worse than our immigration policy — you can't break up rat families." politicalcorrection.org/blog/201201130…
On health care: Cuccinelli once suggested that God made him attorney general to save the Constitution from President Barack Obama, and said that by signing the Affordable Care Act, Obama proved himself to be a greater tyrant than King George III. rightwingwatch.org/report/ken-cuc…
On abortion: Cuccinelli has argued that the anti-choice movement is similar to the fight to abolish slavery. He has made the outrageous claims that Planned Parenthood is involved in sex trafficking and targets the black community. rightwingwatch.org/report/ken-cuc…
On same sex-marriage: Cuccinelli has argued that same-sex unions “harm children” and defended sodomy laws after the Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas found them to be unconstitutional. rightwingwatch.org/report/ken-cuc…
On education: Cuccinelli has supported abolishing the U.S. Department of Education and is a proponent of the conservative homeschooling movement, which seeks to reject public schools and raise a generation of Christian Right activists. rightwingwatch.org/report/ken-cuc…
