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McCracken County judge rebuts NAACP president—s remarks, defends right to disagree on DEI
Summary
County Judge Craig Clymer told the McCracken County Fiscal Court he had exchanged texts with NAACP president JW Cleary about diversity, equity and inclusion and objected after Cleary publicly called for his removal; no formal action followed.
County Judge Craig Clymer said at the Jan. 27 McCracken County Fiscal Court meeting that he had a private exchange with Paducah NAACP President JW Cleary about whether Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have supported diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and that Cleary later publicly criticized him.
Clymer said he wrote to Cleary after seeing a Jan. 21 Paducah Sun article quoting Cleary and that Cleary replied by text, "You're right on point. I will agree…
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