Sam Clovis USDA Head? I'm Going back on the weed.

From DU Member NCTraveler

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029070932

Sam Clovis has no background in food or agriculture, and is not a scientist.

The Trump administration’s attack on basic science continues apace, with rumors circulating that President Donald Trump will soon tap former campaign policy adviser and one-time conservative radio talk show host Sam Clovis to be the lead scientist at the Department of Agriculture. Trump will reportedly name Clovis to lead the USDA’s Research, Education and Economics division despite the fact that Clovis has no background in the hard sciences, as well as no demonstrable policy experience with either food or agriculture.

The USDA’s undersecretary of research, education and economics oversees the entire scientific mission of the USDA, as well as the department’s economic agencies — perhaps the only part of the job for which Clovis has any qualifications. Past undersecretaries have been biochemists, plant physiologists, food nutrition experts, and public health experts. Clovis has a doctorate in public administration and was a professor of economics at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. He also unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2014.



https://thinkprogress.org/trump-usda-sam-clovis-scientist-not-f91014ef57a2