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Trump nominee defends college cartoon of Jewish student with devil horns at Senate hearing

JL;DR SUMMARY Charlton Allen, nominated by Donald Trump for a federal workplace rights position, has faced scrutiny during his Senate confirmation hearing for a controversial cartoon published during his college years. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpJewish StereotypesSenate ConfirmationCartoonUncCharlton AllenDevil HornsAaron NelsonCarolina Review

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Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Charlton Allen testifies in the U.S. Senate at his confirmation hearing."
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
"Nelson, meanwhile, won the election handily to become UNCs student body president."
North Carolina, United States
"In 2014, during his confirmation hearing ahead of his appointment for commissioner of the state Industrial Commission of North Carolina, Allen addressed criticisms of the cartoon by saying his grandfather had helped to liberate Jews in Europe from concentration camps during World War II, the Indy Week reported at the time."
Arizona, United States
"There, Sen. Ruben Gallego, the Arizona Democrat, pressed him about the cartoon."

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