Black, female, hispanic, and gay Republicans are often criticized harshly for abandoning the Democratic party, but the jabs against Dr. Ben Carson on MSNBC’s UP were particularly harsh.
Political strategists L. Joy Williams and O’Brien Murray were discussing the massive appeal Carson has over the GOP primary electorate. According to Real Clear Politics, the neurosurgeon is in a statistical tie for first place nationally with Donald Trump.
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Murray credited his popularity with his speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast criticizing Obamacare.
“It was his attack of Obama, and frankly a black man attacking a black president, which is something people get away,” Murray said. “Remember he stood in front of the president and he made his bona fides originally attacking the president face-to-face, at a prayer breakfast, mind you.”
Williams added that many white conservatives are afraid to criticize Obama because of the race issue, so they found a champion in Carson’s comments.
Williams said people support Carson because they think, “oh, there’s another black man commenting negatively against the president. I don’t feel comfortable doing so because of the race factor, so here’s someone that can do it.”
“Not at all,” Murray said, cutting Williams off. “The question was what was he doing. He was attacking the president, and he was going after him in such a way that was very well pointed out, where the issues were with the president with Obamacare and other things. And given his narrative and his history and his bio, which is fantastic — ”
Williams replied by smearing Carson.
“Which is one in terms of having the… having the ‘safe negro’ comment on someone that you’re against,” she said.
MSNBC liberal commentators are all class.
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