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The only black member of Trump's cabinet equates slaves with immigrants: social media explodes
In his first speech as United States secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson likened slaves forced to come to America to immigrants seeking a better life. “That’s what America is about, a land of dreams and opportunity,” Carson told hundreds of federal employees Monday. Read full article
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Mar 07th, 2017 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0https://twitter.com/hashtag/dickheadtom
I can see why MercoPress felt they had to censor it.
Roots”, chronicling the history of an African man sold to slavery in America, and his descendants. Kunta Kinte
Mar 07th, 2017 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps Dr. Ben Carson thinks he and others just came to have a nice little break,
Twat...
Well to be quite honest they were forced immigrants. More snowflake nonsense bunch of loons LOL
Mar 08th, 2017 - 04:11 pm - Link - Report abuse -1LOL.
Mar 08th, 2017 - 07:11 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Carson is hilarious!
And he is the smartest of the bunch....yikes!
Mar 08th, 2017 - 07:45 pm - Link - Report abuse +1What comes first......Impeachment......economic collapse......or a devastating attack.....to blame on someone else.
Before any of those, I predict a LOT of borrowing. $1tr infrastructure program + tax cuts = massive national debt increase. But don't worry, you can always default like Argentina - Trump has extensive experience of bankruptcy. :)
Mar 08th, 2017 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Carson is an interesting individual: a gifted and highly successful surgeon ( and failed politician ) with a history of saying some pretty nutty things - this latest contention being one of them. In that context getting outraged about this seems like a waste of energy.
Mar 09th, 2017 - 07:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0And I wonder if he is aware of the irony that his name once belonged to a slave owner...
Dumbasses.
Mar 09th, 2017 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse -1lol.
Poor Token was just using standard boilerplate race speech.
The difference is that he shuffles for the republicans instead of the democrats.
Obamy said virtually the same thing on almost a dozen occasions.
There's a 'standard boilerplate race speech'? What does that even mean? And 'shuffles'? Really Chronic, like his employer he has simply fallen victim to the irresistible urge to give voice to his brain farts, something he experiences frequently.
Mar 09th, 2017 - 11:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/07/11-times-barack-obama-compared-slaves-to-immigrants/
Mar 09th, 2017 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0@Heisenbergcontext
Mar 09th, 2017 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Agree it's a storm in a teacup, and it's not the nuttiest thing he's ever said either. But we need to remember he's trying to appeal to Republicans, who at least claim to believe in some pretty crazy stuff themselves.
And dunno why it's relevant that Obama compared immigrants to slaves. No one objects to that, it was the actual specifics that some people have a problem with.
Bill Clinton did it. (Special note to Chelsea on that one.)
Mar 09th, 2017 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Reverend Jesse did it.
Carol Mosely Braun did it.
The Reverend Al did it.
Standard boilerplate race speech.
@DT
Mar 09th, 2017 - 01:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Agreed.
lol.
Mar 09th, 2017 - 01:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0MLK, Jr. popularized it.
Even Lil' Marco co-opted it.
Standard boilerplate race speech.
So it isn't the message - it's the messenger.
Poor ole Token, next they'll be uncle toming him.
Liberals can't rationalize a successful black man with conservative values.
“Liberals can't rationalize a successful black man with conservative values.”
Mar 09th, 2017 - 04:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No, that's perfectly understandable. It's harder to understand one supporting the current radical Republican party, but that's true of anyone really.
Chronic, if you would read what people are actually objecting to, you would understand that it is definitely the message, but I know you won't do that. The fact you think all talk about race is 'standard boilerplate', and call Dr Carson 'Token' shows us exactly where you stand on the issue.
He is a token.
Mar 09th, 2017 - 04:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The comparison's a fixture in race speeches.
His isn't the most awkward expression of it - only the most harshly judged.
It's the messenger - not the message.
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