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ICYMI: Ben Carson Off To Great Start After Referring To Slaves As Immigrants
On Wilshire Boulevard. (Photo by Mike Sierra via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
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- It's not like we have high expectations for Ben Carson as the new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (a position he has absolutely no experience in), but he really sunk beneath those low expectations when he referred to slaves as immigrants on his first day.
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