Trump pick on bench is 'tantamount to Hitler wreaking havoc' among Jews, NAACP leader says

RALEIGH -- The head of the state NAACP and others in the organization traveled to Washington recently to try once again to persuade a few Republican senators to block the appointment of Thomas Farr to the federal bench.

The Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, head of the state NAACP, made a comparison to Adolf Hitler at a news conference before visiting senators on Capitol Hill. His comments drew a rebuke Monday evening from state Republicans.

Spearman and others who spoke noted that the Eastern District of North Carolina, a 44-county region from Raleigh to the coast, has a black population of more than 25 percent but the U.S. Senate has never confirmed the appointment of a black judge to that bench.

In addition to the constitutional claims and criminal cases that come before the U.S. District Courts, judges preside over discrimination cases, too.

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