Sunday, February 5, 2017

Trump Revives Frederick Douglass


Speaking on Black History Month, Trump said, “Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice,” causing people to think he thought Douglass was still living.  (Douglass' family has defended Trump's use of the present tense.)  

Here's Andy Borowitz's take on this:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-says-he-heard-frederick-douglass-was-alive-from-betsy-devos

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