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Ben Carson Hires Staffer Who
Wrote He Had No Problem With
Whites Using The N-word
Rep. Jim Clyburn’s Fish Fry Brings 21 Presidential Candidates Together
Housing and Urban Devel- opment Secretary Ben Car- son is under fire after news broke that he spent June- teenth hiring a man who thinks it’s ok for white people to use the N-word
According to Vanity Fair, Wednesday, Eric Blanken- stein, joined Carson’s Of- fice of General Counsel at HUD. It’s been reported that Blankenstein’s work will specifically relate to Ginnie Mae, the HUD-controlled housing finance firm whose primary focus is to promote homeownership among those not already well served by private lending market forces.
The only problem is, this man who is now making $166,500 to be working against discrimination under Carson, had to resign from a post in the Consumer Finan- cial Protection Bureau in May, after a series of blog posts he wrote in the mid- 2000s surfaced.
BEN CARSON
In one of the posts, he opined that a white person using racial slurs against Black people shouldn’t be called prejudiced.
“Fine...let’s say they called him n[—-]...would that make them racists, or just a**holes looking for the most conven- ient way to get under his skin?” Blankenstein wrote.
What better way to bring people together in the sum- mer time than a fish fry? Fish frys have been happening in the Black community forever to fundraise or bring light to issues, and a South Carolina representative is keeping the tradition alive.
Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn hosted a fish fry on Friday evening in Columbia, South Carolina for the com- munity to hear from 21 dem- ocratic candidates on their hopes for becoming the 46th president of the United States.
According to CNN, the candidates wore matching shirts as they appeared on stage together. The last few weeks on the campaign trail have been steamy for some candidates at odds, but they managed to keep all tensions under control at the South Carolina event. Just last week, Cory Booker asked former vice president Joe Biden to apologize for his
After delivering their speeches, members of the Democratic presidential field join together on stage at Rep. Jim Clyburn’s “World Famous Fish Fry” on June 21, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. Twenty-two Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to appear in South Carolina this weekend as the state Democratic party hosts its annual convention.
recollections of working with an old segregationist senator. At the fish fry, Biden spoke about the democratic party having unity, according to CBS News. “Whomever the Democratic nominee is, we have to stay together and elect a [Democratic] presi- dent of the United States.” All
candidates were given a brief 90 seconds to speak.
Clyburn‘s event was proven to be a success. When asked about the turn out, he mentioned not thinking all the candidates would show up. “No!” he said to CNN. “I never thought so. But I al- ways hoped!”
Kamala Harris Boosts Outreach To Historically Black Colleges
The California senator is seeking to mobilize students and graduates of historically black colleges and universi- ties — known as HBCUs — as well as the country’s nine black fraternities and sorori- ties.
The effort getting under- way Wednesday includes adding a new section to her campaign website that will make it easier for people con- nected to these groups to or- ganize and to advance her candidacy.
Supporters will be encour- aged to host events that could feature Kamala Harris’ senior campaign members or surrogates.
HBCUs and black Greek organizations are a natural constituency for Harris. She
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is stepping up her campaign out- reach to the black community.
graduated from flagship HBCU Howard University and is a member of Alpha
Kappa Alpha, America’s old- est sorority started by and for black women.
Since getting into the 2020 race in February, Har- ris has visited more HBCUs than any other candidate.
The new outreach is a recognition that she needs to do more to organize this net- work of schools and Greek organizations.
“As we look to realize the promise of the first African American female president, we must be intentional about organizing these communi- ties to ensure they feel part of this campaign and incen- tivized to take political action going forward,” Missayr Boker, Harris’ national po- litical director, told The Asso- ciated Press.
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