I am not going to jump to the far-fetched conclusion that the NY Times reported something accurately.
Someone told me it was taken out of context.
My reply is that it’s pretty damn easy to take something out of context when you mention slavery, favorably comparing something else to it even hypothetically, and use terms like “the Negro”.
I won’t call this man a racist but he is a moron.
PR people exist! Use them before you give an interview to a liberal reporter, for Christ sakes!
He’s given the left a distraction and undermined his own cause. But hey at least he’s not a Senate nominee!!!