Ben Carson Isn't 'Inclined' to March With BLM, But He'll Lecture Them
The nationwide demonstrations for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death have attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the streets—including some surprises, like Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who joined a march in Washington last Sunday.
But don’t expect to see Ben Carson out there anytime soon. In an interview with The Daily Beast on Monday, the Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development—and the only black member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet—didn’t totally rule out the idea of participating in a Black Lives Matter demonstration, but said: “I think I have other things that probably require my presence and attention.”
Carson then chided the group for supposedly being uninterested in the violence unfolding in cities like Chicago—where 24 people died last weekend in shootings—echoing a common response to the movement from conservatives, who have largely preferred to deflect focus away by asking activists why they aren’t marching against other forms of violence. Black Lives Matter supporters have, of course, joined protests against gun violence in recent years.
“I would like to take the opportunity to say to the Black Lives Matter group: Please, concentrate on some of the horrendous things that are going on in places like Chicago,” said Carson. "Is that an important thing or is it not? Do we just not even care about that?"
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