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The nationwide demonstrations for racial justice in the wake of George Floyds death have attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the streetsincluding some surprises, like Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who joined a march in Washington last Sunday.
But dont expect to see Ben Carson out there anytime soon. In an interview with The Daily Beast on Monday, the Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Developmentand the only black member of Donald Trumps Cabinetdidnt totally rule out the idea of participating in a Black Lives Matter demonstration, but said: I think I have other things that probably require my presence and attention.
Carson then chided the group for supposedly being uninterested in the violence unfolding in cities like Chicagowhere 24 people died last weekend in shootingsechoing a common response to the movement from conservatives, who have largely preferred to deflect focus away by asking activists why they arent marching against other forms of violence. Black Lives Matter supporters have, of course, joined protests against gun violence in recent years.
I would like to take the opportunity to say to the Black Lives Matter group: Please, concentrate on some of the horrendous things that are going on in places like Chicago, said Carson. "Is that an important thing or is it not? Do we just not even care about that?"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ben-carson-isnt-inclined-march-181435992.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)Siwsan
(26,289 posts)His flat affect is beyond strange.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)But what about everything else?! Why just cancer??
--Ben Carson
underpants
(182,868 posts)But what about Chicago?
Skittles
(153,182 posts)imagine that
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,880 posts)Where are the Feds that Trump was going to send to Chicago to make it safe?