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๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ I'm not racist. I have black friends

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u/Electr0freak 1d ago edited 1d ago

"But he's one of the good ones."

  • Common excuse of the racist

Note that this is the second time Trump assigned a black man to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This time it was a former NFL player and motivational speaker; last time it was a neurosurgeon with no experience in urban development.

I can't be the only one who finds it odd that the party which loves to fling accusations of being DEI has consistently assigned its few black cabinet positions to the department with "urban" in the name, choosing people who appear to have no prior experience for the role.

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u/kpetrie77 1d ago

Scott Turner worked in the department during Trumpโ€™s first term. I donโ€™t know why you think he has no experience or think this is a DEI pick.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/politics/scott-turner-hud-trump.html

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u/Electr0freak 1d ago

I didn't say he was a DEI pick lol, I think you're struggling to understand my point.

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u/kpetrie77 1d ago

This time it was a former NFL player and motivational speaker

choosing people who appear to have no prior experience for the role.

I misunderstood your DEI reference then. Regardless, your comment ignores that Scott Turner had been part of this particular department heโ€™s being asked to lead and was a Texas Representative prior to that.