{"id":92102,"date":"2017-09-21T05:42:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T05:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/sheriff-clarke-curses-out-reporter-who-questioned-his-need-for-a-security-detail.html"},"modified":"2017-09-21T05:42:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T05:42:23","slug":"sheriff-clarke-curses-out-reporter-who-questioned-his-need-for-a-security-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/sheriff-clarke-curses-out-reporter-who-questioned-his-need-for-a-security-detail.html","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff Clarke curses out reporter who questioned his need for a security detail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Clarke resigns as Milwaukee county sheriff<\/a><\/h4>\n

Reason for resignation has yet to be made public<\/p>\n

Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is never one to mince words \u2013\u00a0just look at the response his office gave a reporter who questioned his security detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019F— you and the horse you rode in on.\u2019 I\u2019m David Clarke and I approve this message,\u201d Clarke’s office allegedly wrote back.<\/p>\n

The abrupt, to-the-point email was in response to questions last week from Daniel Bice, a \u201cpolitical watchdog columnist\u201d for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Bice posted an image of the exchange Wednesday on Twitter, in response to apparent public demand for a screenshot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the original inquiry, Bice rattled off a series of questions about the cost and rationale for Clarke’s previous security detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFran McLaughlin said today that the sheriff\u2019s office is ending the round-the-clock security detail at your house. I have a few questions for you,\u201d Bice wrote on Sept. 13.<\/p>\n

He went on to ask Clarke whether he agrees with the decision, whether the detail was a “wise use of taxpayer dollars” and whether he’ll hire private security.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bice previously had reported that Clarke\u2019s detail cost taxpayers more than $220,000 in 2017, due to the \u201cmultiplicity of threats\u201d against the controversial sheriff, an early supporter of President Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clarke did not respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Bice and the sheriff have had a colorful exchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In December 2016, McLaughlin sent Bice a message \u201cfrom the sheriff,\u201d with an image of a shirt. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said he is getting you one of these T-shirts for Christmas and needs to know what size you wear. He said his guess would be extra-small but wants to make sure he gets the right size!\u201d McLaughlin wrote on behalf of Clarke. \u201cAnd no tax dollars will be used! That should make you happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clarke resigned from his post late last month, announcing that he would join the super PAC America First Action, devoted to electing candidates who support the Trump-Pence administration. Clarke is currently a senior adviser and spokesman for the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

America First Action did not respond to Fox News\u2019 request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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David Clarke resigns as Milwaukee county sheriff Reason for resignation has yet to be made public Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is never one to mince words \u2013\u00a0just look at the response his office gave a reporter who questioned his security detail.\u00a0 \u201c\u2019F— you and the horse you rode in on.\u2019 I\u2019m David Clarke […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-92102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}