--- title: Trump Appointee Carl Higbie Quits Over Bigoted Comments description: Carl Higbie stood down as comms chief of the agency overseeing National and Community Service canonical: https://time.com/5109544/trump-administration-carl-higbie-quits/ author: Flora Carr article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-19T16:41:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:56:06.867Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Appointee Resigns After Racist And Sexist Comments og:description: Carl Higbie stood down as comms chief of the agency overseeing National and Community Service og:url: https://time.com/5109544/trump-administration-carl-higbie-quits/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dabf23f9cba7180/6988f8c8cf40a8543ec4b021/trump-carl-higbie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: White House - Washington, DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Appointee Resigns After Racist And Sexist Comments twitter:description: Carl Higbie stood down as comms chief of the agency overseeing National and Community Service twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dabf23f9cba7180/6988f8c8cf40a8543ec4b021/trump-carl-higbie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Appointee Resigns Over Bigoted Comments on Talk Radio by [Flora Carr](https://time.com/author/flora-carr/) ## Flora Carr Jan 19, 2018 4:41 PM UTC  President Donald Trump attends a discussion on making changes to the prison system on Jan. 11, 2018 in Washington. President Donald Trump attends a discussion on making changes to the prison system on Jan. 11, 2018 in Washington.Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Flora Carr](https://time.com/author/flora-carr/) ## Flora Carr Jan 19, 2018 4:41 PM UTC A [Trump administration](http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/national-park-service-ryan-zinke-donald-trump) appointee has resigned from his post as communications chief for the federal agency overseeing National and Community Service after media reports suggested he had made a series of racist, homophobic and sexist comments on radio in 2013 and 2014. Carl Higbie, 34, a former Navy SEAL and surrogate [for Trump](http://time.com/5109409/conscience-and-religious-freedom-hhs/) during the 2016 Presidential campaign, stood down as chief of external communications at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) after his alleged remarks were reported by CNN. In December 2013, Higbie stated that “the black race” has “lax” morals, CNN reported. Addressing listeners of ‘Sound of Freedom’, he added: “Every other black person was rude… And I believe that this translates directly into the culture that is breeding this welfare and the high percentage of people on welfare in the black race.” Higbie could not be reached for comment by media outlets. > [](https://twitter.com/CarlHigbie/status/928087553915478016) The former Navy SEAL also said he did not like Muslims during an appearance on Warrior Talk Radio in August 2014, CNN reported. He repeated this statement during a June 2013 recording of ‘Sound of Freedom’: “Go back to your Muslim shithole and go crap in your hands and bang little boys on Thursday nights,” he reportedly said. “I just don’t like Muslim people.” Higbie’s resignation comes amid controversy over Donald Trump’s reported comments about Haiti, Belize and Samoa, which he [reportedly referred to as “shithole” countries](http://time.com/5105238/white-house-on-shithole-comment-president-trump-isnt-a-scripted-robot/). In May 2013, Higbie is said to have made homophobic remarks following the announcement that Rhode Island had approved gay marriage. “Rhode Island, land of more liberals, has just OK’ed, gay marriage… You are breaking the morals, the moral fiber of our country. You know, I don’t like gay people. I just don’t.” A spokesperson for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) said in a statement that Higbie had resigned “effective immediately.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5109544/trump-administration-carl-higbie-quits/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5109544/trump-administration-carl-higbie-quits/"},"headline":"Trump Appointee Resigns Over Bigoted Comments on Talk Radio","datePublished":"2018-01-19T16:41:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:56:06.867Z","description":"Carl Higbie stood down as comms chief of the agency overseeing National and Community Service","url":"https://time.com/5109544/trump-administration-carl-higbie-quits/","keywords":["The White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dabf23f9cba7180/6988f8c8cf40a8543ec4b021/trump-carl-higbie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Flora Carr","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/flora-carr/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dabf23f9cba7180/6988f8c8cf40a8543ec4b021/trump-carl-higbie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White House - Washington, DC","caption":"White House - Washington, DC","creditText":"Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-white-house/","name":"The White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5109544/trump-administration-carl-higbie-quits/","name":"Trump Appointee Resigns Over Bigoted Comments on Talk Radio"}}]}] ```