Senator Claire McCaskill put a hold on the nomination when it came out that Myers was one of three judges of a costume contest for a Homeland Security Halloween party in which the winner dressed in dark makeup, dreds and a prison uniform.


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How stupid do you have to be to do this at a party associated with a Federal Agency?  The fact that she was incompetent enough to let herself get tied to a politically toxic thing like that is reason enough not to give her the position. 

The article goes on to say that it wasn't technically blackface, but dark makeup...I guess like C. Thomas Howell in that crappy movie Soul Man. Myers claimed she couldn't see the makeup, but that others had and complained the next day.
 
There was a picture of her and others with the guy in dreds that was destroyed.  McCaskill wants to know why the picture was destroyed, and other details about Myers interaction.   McCaskill's not a fan of Myers, as the article makes clear. 

The picture probably would let us know if Myers could have seen that it was makeup.  The fact that it was destroyed makes it look that way.  I wonder if they'll dredge up another copy or another pic.  If she's being dishonest, then she deserves the abuse McCaskill's giving her.

Oh, and the guy who wore the costume has been disciplined.

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