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I wouldn't say apologized, butld he has issued a statement, look, not what i meant. the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are twote different experiences. he does acknowledge his mistake. should he be crucified for this? >> i don't think so. it depends on who says the sort of thing. when president obama says something, it is brilliant, he made the same comparison, slaves as immigrants at a naturalization ceremony in 2015, also in 2012, the federalist hai a list of the times he has made these comparisons. it is out there. the fact is, he made a decent point about the american dream, but h...
Say apologized, but he has issued a statement, look, not what i mente. the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two different experiences. he does recognizes his mistake. should he be crucified for this? >> it depends on who says the sort of thing. when president obama says something, it is brilliant, he made the same comparison, slaves and immigrants at a naturalization ceremony, 2015, the federalist has a list of the times he has made these comparisons. it is out there. the fact is, he made a decent point about the american dream, but he kind of poison to the stew. it is like, you're ...
>> look, don, dr. carson has released a statement that was posted to his facebook page about an hour ago, where he did clarified the remarks that he made earlier today, when he was addressing the staff, the career staff at the agency. and in those remarks, he made it -- in that clarification, he made it very clear that in no way was attempting to compare the slave narrative to the immigrant narrative, the two are extremely desperate. and the fortitude our ancestors displayed when being forced into this country is not something anyone would attempt to challenge. >> i know what you're saying. >>...
Made it very clear that in no way was attempting to compare the slave narrative to the immigrant narrative, the two are extremely disper ate. and the fortitude our ancestors displayed when being forced into this country is not something anyone would attempt to challenge. >> i know what you're saying. >> hold on, don. hold on. >> nope, nope, nope, nope. it doesn't work that way. you said he wasn't attempting to, but that's exactly what he did, by comparing people from ellis island. slaves couldn't even come through ellis island or see the statue of liberty, because it wasn't during that time, t...