Mr. Carson turned his attention to slavery after describing photographs of poor immigrants displayed at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. “There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. “This is the most cynical interpretation of the secretary’s remarks to an army of welcoming HUD employees,” the department said in a statement. Several hundred people attended the event and many lingered afterward to snap selfies with Mr. Carson, who was sworn in last Thursday. On Monday night, following a radio interview in which he defended his remarks earlier in the day, Mr. Carson also did so on Twitter.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2017 00:28 UTC