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riversedge

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Wed Sep 3, 2025, 04:21 PM Sep 3

Fox News Producer Who Called Asians 'Kim Jong-Il' Gets Equal Opportunity Job

Source: daily beast


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Connor Clegg is now helping manage communications for the federal agency tasked with enforcing civil rights law.

Laura Esposito Updated Sep. 3 2025 2:34PM EDT

A former Fox News producer with a history of racist social media posts is now working at the very federal agency tasked with fighting racism and discrimination.

Connor Clegg, a former producer on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show The Ingraham Angle, now works in the communications department of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a report from Talking Points Memo.

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EEOC employees said it was “unsettling” that Clegg, who has repeatedly come under fire for racist remarks and discriminatory posts, now holds a role at the agency created in 1965 as part of the landmark Civil Rights Act.

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It seemingly isn’t Clegg’s first government gig, either. In April, he posted a photo on Instagram of himself swearing in on a Bible at the Department of Labor with the caption: “It’s an honor to work for President Trump on behalf of the American People.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-producer-with-racist-background-lands-at-equal-employment-opportunity-agency/?utm_campaign=owned_social&via=twitter_page&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb



One has a good chance of getting a job in the Trump Admin if
they have or are working for @Foxnews!!
ALSO--I am curious if he is still working for the Dept of Labor???


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A former Fox News producer with a history of racist social media posts is now working for the federal agency tasked with enforcing civil rights law.



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Fox News Producer Who Called Asians 'Kim Jong-Il' Gets Equal Opportunity Job (Original Post) riversedge Sep 3 OP
WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE Skittles Sep 3 #1
So...how many people from FOX working for Trump does that make now? 25 or more? Bengus81 Sep 3 #2
qualification #1 is TRUMP WHORE Skittles Sep 3 #3
OH JOY..... YoshidaYui Sep 3 #4

Skittles

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3. qualification #1 is TRUMP WHORE
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 05:14 PM
Sep 3

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so Fox News is a recruiting dream for Trump.2

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