Liberal Media Missed the Point of Ben Carson’s HUD Speech
by Spencer Irvine on March 7, 2017
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Too often, the liberal media (and social media for that matter) jump on one comment without context. This time, it’s new Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, a noted neurosurgeon.
In his comments to employees at HUD, Ben Carson spoke of the American Dream, of immigration and his vision for the department. Yet, the oft-most reported quote was the following:
“There were numerous people who were brought over here on slaves ships and it is a horrible thing,” Carson said. “I’m not saying that it wasn’t a horrible thing, but what I am saying is that those people were strong. They were strong-willed. They didn’t just give up and die like many of the other people who they tried to enslave. And one of the reasons that they didn’t just give up and die is because they used the brain that God gave us and they figured that a time would come when there would be freedom. A time would come when their children could achieve.”
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