Carson Dodges On Trump Retweet | Talking Points Memo

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Sunday didn’t decry President Trump’s Friday night retweet of an interview that attacked George Floyd’s character.


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So we’re going to have a “healing” speech this week. Great. What could possibly go wrong?
(The internal polls must be brutal.)

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“I believe you’re going to be hearing from the President this week on this topic in some detail,”

Of our hearing from Trump, I have no doubt, but “detail”, I think not. And as for reserving judgement, that wombat left its hole a very long time ago.

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He could give a speech that really would help.

Last line just needs to be, “… Therefore, effective immediately, I tender my resignation.”

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Tom
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T o m a s

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Trump’s flock of ghosttweeters aren’t good at message coordination.
They make Trump look like a deranged fool who can’t put his phone down.

Oh Wait…

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Oreo says what?

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Ms. Owens seems nice.

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The one individual who could make Dick’s inclusion in that picture believable.

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Uncle Ben! Long time no hear from.

Did the sound of military in the streets wake you up?

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I think it’s more like a ‘heeling’ speech.

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As a white, middle class person, am I allowed to call him an UT, or something along those lines, or is using this term on a black person itself racist? Asking for a “friend” (i.e. me). If I’m not allowed to use this term, what am I allowed to say about him?

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‘[Carson] urged to “not make the solution be a Democrat solution or a Republican solution”.’

“Democrat solution” —definitely the language of bipartisanship. Hopefully Biden will respond: “We all need to work together for a brighter tomorrow—both noble Democrats and lying, disgusting Republicans.”

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He and Kushner are heavily invested in company manufacturing a tremendous, beautiful healing ointment, newly patented.

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“The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.” ― James Baldwin

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“I believe you’re going to be hearing from the President this week on this topic in some detail. And I would ask you maybe to reserve judgment until after that time.”

Please proceed, Mr. President.

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