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HUD secretary says he'll 'work' Trump on
newsday ^ | June 15, 2020 | Kevin Freking

Posted on 06/15/2020 10:22:15 AM PDT by bgill

The lone African American member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet said Monday he would “work” the president on the issue of athletes taking a knee during the national anthem, though Trump has shown no signs of softening, tweeting over the weekend that he would not watch soccer or football if players don't stand for the national anthem.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said he believes that players are kneeling to protest police brutality, not because they disrespect the flag. He added that players need to make that clear.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bencarson; chat; chatforum; hud; knee; trustbencarson
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To: 1Old Pro
Exactly, only non contact sports can safely open for the next 24 -36 months.

Over the weekend, New Zealand resumed professional rugby, with 50,000 fans watching their local favorite team in the stands of Eden Park in Auckland. No "social distancing" or face masks.

41 posted on 06/15/2020 10:59:58 AM PDT by CDB ("What happens in Wuhan, doesn't stay in Wuhan" Xi (Mr. Flu) Jin ping)
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To: rlmorel

I like Ben Carson. He’s a smart, affable man. The last two times I’ve seen him mentioned in the news, he’s been suggesting that people need to calm down and back away from being so eager to give and take offense. That’s hard for me to argue with right now. While I think it’s foolish, this anthem crouch demonstration isn’t on my Top 100 list of things to worry about. The more I’d like it to go away, the more I think a couple of million people should just quietly ignore it and the people staging the gesture. Stop feeding your energy to it. I raised six kids. I’ve noticed that planting one seed of doubt and changing the subject deflates more immaturity than a hundred yells, threats, or swings of the belt.


42 posted on 06/15/2020 11:01:31 AM PDT by Iowa Slim
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To: CDB
No "social distancing" or face masks.

saw that, nice job down under

43 posted on 06/15/2020 11:04:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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44 posted on 06/15/2020 11:05:13 AM PDT by easternsky
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To: bgill

Nobody “works on” the President of the United States. You either do what he says or you find other employment. If Carson doesn’t like how Trump feels about athletes taking a knee then he can always leave.


45 posted on 06/15/2020 11:08:47 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: bgill
"...players are kneeling to protest police brutality..."

Well that's just stupid. Do they mean to say if some police stopped doing bad things they won't kneel anymore?

They think they can change human behavior and hearts by kneeling before they beat the crap out of each other?

46 posted on 06/15/2020 11:08:57 AM PDT by Psalm 73
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To: bgill

If they have to kneel before a game either do it before or after the national anthem, not during. I doubt Carson can be persuasive enough to cause Trump to change his position.


47 posted on 06/15/2020 11:23:51 AM PDT by be-baw
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To: bgill

Ben doesn’t get it.


48 posted on 06/15/2020 11:34:08 AM PDT by moovova
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To: bgill

Doesn’t matter

you are disrespecting the flag, national anthem and everyone else proud of their country


49 posted on 06/15/2020 12:02:16 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: rlmorel

With all due respect to Dr. Carson, the kneeling is NOT about ending police brutality.

That process is already underway. You will not find one person out there who isn’t shocked and horrified by what happened to George Floyd and determined that it should never happen again in our country. Not one.

And all the symbolism frankly won’t do a damned thing to help that come about.

Plus when you examine all of Colin Kaepernick’s statements over the past few years it’s clear that the kneeling is really about something more sinister than that.


50 posted on 06/15/2020 12:04:35 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: bgill

Dr. Carson is bored. He should occupy his time creating a scheme to gentrify racial and religious no-go areas around the US. HUD easily has enough power to do so.


51 posted on 06/15/2020 12:25:00 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids." - Joe Biden)
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To: bgill

Taking a knee is just a stupid symbol.

It doesn’t mean anything


52 posted on 06/15/2020 12:25:19 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: bgill

Yes, Kaepernick is disrespecting the flag and America. He said so himself.


53 posted on 06/15/2020 1:07:37 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: bgill

The third string practice squad tackle dummy Colon Knappyhead, and that bull dyke MeAgain Crapahoe kneel to specifically disrespect the flag.


54 posted on 06/15/2020 1:20:00 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: Unam Sanctam

wHY CAN’T THE PLAYERS TAKE A KNEE RIGHT BEFORE THE nATIONAl Anthem, and rise when the National Anthem starts? That would be OK to me.


55 posted on 06/15/2020 1:23:38 PM PDT by RightLady (Save Western Civilization.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Plus when you examine all of Colin Kaepernick’s statements over the past few years it’s clear that the kneeling is really about something more sinister than that.”

Ever since he shacked up with that muslim brotherhood/hezbollah/hamas whore


56 posted on 06/15/2020 1:30:02 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: bgill

Just lost all respect for him.


57 posted on 06/15/2020 1:30:05 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I’m with you on this. I respect Dr. Carson, but not in this.


58 posted on 06/15/2020 5:04:58 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
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