By Sophie O’Hara | February 6, 2020
Former Senator Claire McCaskill recently stepped in it big time when she took a photo of “Team Trump” on a plane wearing “Keep Iowa Great” hats and turned it into a racial attack.
In the photo, Dr. Ben Carson was half-kneeling in the aisle, which is what Ms. McCaskill zeroed in on in her snarky tweet.
One of these things is not like the others. Hint: they made him squat in the aisle so he was visible. pic.twitter.com/aFxrRRjbPi [1]
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) February 4, 2020 [2]
McCaskill faced major backlash for her blatantly insensitive tweet, with her most notable response coming from Don Jr., who pointed out how racist her perspective on this innocent photo truly was.
Hi Claire,
Two problems with your tweet:
1. Dr. Ben Carson did not have a seat in this pic because he was sitting in First Class with my family
2. Dr. Carson is not a "thing," he is a world renowned, life-saving neurosurgeon
Anyway, how's unemployment? https://t.co/icZKsu9YFn [3]
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 4, 2020 [4]
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But Don Jr. isn’t the only one hitting back at McCaskill as Dr. Ben Carson himself took aim at the failed Senator while on Stuart Varney’s on Fox Business.
Dr. Carson kept his response very measured and classy, referring to the tweet as the “epitome of racism.”
“You know, a completely innocent thing, and people want to make it into something that’s racist. Uh, and it’s one of the things that really bothers me. You know, there are people on the other side who assume that everything has some racial component. To me, THAT is the epitome of racism.
They assume also that if you have a certain pigmentation, you have to think in a certain way, and if you don’t think that way, you’re either crazy or a traitor or some ridiculous thing. When, in fact, you may be the very person who is looking for the mechanisms that will allow people to excel in this situation.
They don’t seem to like people excelling. It’s almost like let’s keep people dependent so we can milk them for their votes.”
Watch the video:
Dr. Ben Carson hit the nail on the head – the left has to always somehow inject racial division into every argument.
This is how Democrats try to keep certain races down so they can keep exploiting them for votes.
H/T 100% Fed Up [6]
This piece originally appeared on WayneDupree.com [7] and is used by permission.
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