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Huckabee says Obama only wants to ‘appease homosexuals’ with Mike Fanning nomination
Mike Huckabee has condemned Obama’s nomination of openly gay Mike Fanning for the next US Secretary of the Navy.
On Saturday, the presidential candidate and Christian minister’s campaign team released a statement on the nomination. ‘It’s clear President Obama is more interested in appeasing America’s homosexuals than honoring America’s heroes.’
Fanning’s nomination was announced on Friday, and will now go to the senate to decide.
‘Veterans suicide is out-of-control and military readiness is dangerously low, yet Obama is so obsessed with pandering to liberal interest groups he’s nominated an openly gay civilian to run the Army,’ Huckabee said.
‘Homosexuality is not a job qualification. The U.S. military is designed to keep Americans safe and complete combat missions, not conduct social experiments,’ he continued.
In a statement on his nomination, Obama highlighted Fanning’s experience as a key strength in his nomination. ‘Eric brings many years of proven experience and exceptional leadership to this new role… I am confident he will help lead America’s Soldiers with distinction.’
He has served as Air Force under secretary, deputy under secretary of the Navy, and deputy chief management officer of the Navy.
Most recently he’d been acting under secretary of the Army and as a close civilian adviser to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign said Huckabee’s comments were based on ‘bigotry’.
JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president of policy and political affairs of HRC said: ’Mike Huckabee is so blinded by his own bigotry that he would oppose someone with two decades of national security experience just because of his sexual orientation.’
‘Mike Huckabee’s naked prejudice and willingness to smear an experienced public servant shows he is unfit to be commander in chief.’
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