Trump Administration Hires Strategist (Colton Duncan) Who Posted Racist Tweet About Native Americans
Source: HuffPost
Trump Administration Hires Strategist Who Posted Racist Tweet About Native Americans
Colton Duncan's appointment is not an anomaly in Trump's White House, unfortunately.
By Nathalie Baptiste
Mar 13, 2025, 01:46 PM EDT
The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Thursday it was hiring a political strategist who once posted racist imagery of Native Americans on his X, formerly Twitter, account in 2022. Colton Duncan, who is set to serve as the agency’s White House liaison, was “the most important person” in Kari Lake’s gubernatorial campaign in Arizona, the Arizona Mirror reported in 2022.
In October of that year, Duncan posted an artist’s depiction of an ancient civilization practicing human sacrifice and cannibalism. He captioned the photo “Happy Indigenous People’s Day!” a reference to the holiday that several states have opted to celebrate in place of Christopher Columbus Day, which occurs in early October.
The post went unnoticed until a Democratic consultant amplified the tweet. Duncan quickly made his account private, but not before the post was preserved. Lake would go on to lose the governor’s race in 2022 and a bid for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
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Now, Duncan will have a senior role at the agency that oversees the administration of workplace safety, employee wages and unemployment benefits. ...
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