Seditionist considered too racist to serve in the first Trump administration to head Institute of Peace
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Congratulations again to the “but I just wanted 2019 back” voters:
Darren Beattie is a white nationalist and bigoted lunatic. He's pushed for sterilization of "low IQ trash." He praised January 6 *on January 6.*
[image or embed]— Matt Ortega (@mattortega.com) Jul 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This isn’t the first time Beattie has been deployed as an MAGA trolling device:
A senior State Department official said in a statement on Friday that Mr. Beattie was appointed by the institute’s board of directors, which includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Mr. Beattie drew scrutiny during Mr. Trump’s first term. In 2018, Mr. Beattie was fired by the White House for attending a gathering with white nationalists two years prior. He had appeared on a panel with Peter Brimelow, the founder of the anti-immigrant site VDare, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a “hate website.”
But in 2020, the White House appointed Mr. Beattie to a commission that helps preserve sites related to the Holocaust. The decision was criticized by the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish group.
This is also another takeover of an independent agency that is blatantly illegal under current law, but the incumbent Supreme Court isn’t interested in any law that might constrain Donald Trump.