Posted on 02/19/2020 2:43:31 PM PST by yesthatjallen
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) pushed back on Fox News’s Neil Cavuto’s citation of record low African American unemployment, saying African Americans “were fully employed during slavery.”
The subject came up when Cavuto asked Clyburn, who has yet to make an endorsement ahead of the South Carolina primaries, if he would support the Democratic nominee if it was former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
"I'm going to back whoever our nominee is. Absolutely,” said Clyburn, the top African American Democrat in Congress.
"Even with the things he has said about African Americans? Does that bother you?" Cavuto asked. Bloomberg has blamed the 2008 financial crisis on the end of racially discriminatory “redlining” practices and defended the controversial stop-and-frisk policy, which disproportionately targeted minority youths.
"Well, not as much as what Trump has said about African Americans," Clyburn said. "Any time that I go to the polls, I'm considering positives and negatives on all candidates. And I try to go with the one whose positives outweigh the negatives."
Pressed by Cavuto on record low African American unemployment under the Trump administration, Clyburn called the numbers “not true,” adding, "I'm saying that the African American unemployment is not the lowest it's ever been unless you count slavery … We were fully employed during slavery. So it all depends how you measure this up."
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I would call Clyburn an Imbecile BUT that would be a gross overstatement of his intellect.
“Clyburn is a pitiful muffin
Its surprising his IQ allows speech, much less logic”
Another poverty pimp nee overseer. Hope he meets up with Cummings soon.
Clyburn is a racist idiot. Ask any white who lives in the gerrymandered majority black Sixth District.
Me, for one. One night they picked up our house & moved it and then Rep. Joe Wilson (”You Lie!!” ) was no longer our Congressman.
Workers earning a paycheck are the real slaves, as part of what we earn is confiscated and delivered to the non-working welfare recipients.
Huh. Does Clyburn have a mouse in his pocket?
SO working, earning your living, and providing for yourself, is now slavery to this a-hole? Really?
He’s probably correct. The next question should surely be “what Party oversaw slavery?”.
Listening to this dirtbag explains why some people used to drag them around
Donald Trump was generally beloved by black America before he became President receiving countless awards and honors. If he were a Democrat President this moron would have nothing but great things about the President and what he has done for the “people of color”.
See what I mean about Liberals always dragging out slavery?
Let the race baiter tell us which years he was a slave.
He’s older than I thought!
Nonsense. More than 50% of negroes were free citizens in the first half of the 19 century, 1800-1860. Of those nearly all were farmers. Many were day laborers, frequently unemployed. Under Obama 50% were living in poverty. Under Trump that numberr has fallen below 10%.
I forget, what has Trump said that is racist?
And it’s taking another Republican President to free blacks from southern Democrat slavery.
Cavuto is a NeverTrumper. HATES Trump.
The dumb cuck things 100% of Blacks were slaves.
In NC at the start of the Civil War 20% of Blacks were Free Men and Yeomen Farmers.
I question the benefits packages.
We’re hearing the death rattle.
Finally.
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