Well this is unexpected – Sheriff David Clarke has resigned and is sheriff no more!!
BREAKING: Milw. Co. Sheriff David Clarke submits letter of resignation, according to Milwaukee Co. Clerk's office
— Joyce Garbaciak (@JoyceGarbaciak) August 31, 2017
Outspoken Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who built a following among conservatives nationally with his provocative social media presence and strong support of Donald Trump, resigned on Thursday.
Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said he received a resignation letter from Clarke, but the letter did not say why the sheriff was leaving office more than a year before his term is up.
Clarke’s office referred questions to an email address that he had provided. He did not immediately respond to an email seeking his reasons for leaving or what he planned to do next.
Clarke’s most recent Twitter post from Thursday afternoon showed him posing with law enforcement officers at the National Fraternal Order of Police convention in Nashville.
Some Wisconsin conservatives had encouraged Clarke to challenge U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, but he repeatedly rejected their overtures.
And now the media is smearing the guy’s reputation!!!
Now's as good time as any to say I saw Sheriff Clarke at CPAC and he was drinking a pink mixed drink
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 31, 2017
He was there with a woman and they kept meowing at each other.
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 31, 2017
How dare you!! Why didn’t anyone say this before? They had to wait until meow?! Fake news!!!
Generalissimo David Clarke is forced to flee Republic of Milwaukee, as ruling junta falls to democratic forces. pic.twitter.com/yQMIFuP2it
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) August 31, 2017
And some think he might have secured another post in the Trump admin:
Who thinks Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has resigned because he will be offered a position in the Trump administration? I hope so.
— BB-8 (@real_defender) August 31, 2017
We shall see…