Tim Scott attacks Ron DeSantis over Florida's slavery curriculum (apnews.com)

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It is concerning we are still arguing over if slavery was wrong in today's time.

“What slavery was really about was separating families, about mutilating humans and even raping their wives. It was just devastating,” Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters on Thursday after a town hall in Ankeny. “So I would hope that every person in our country — and certainly running for president — would appreciate that.”

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[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Fox News tried to make this same claim after Michelle Obama made a comment about how it felt living in a White House built by slaves. Bill O’Reilly tried to say on his show that slaves got free housing and food.

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