Earlier today, as a guest on The Peter Schiff Show (radio), Cliven Bundy was asked to respond to the New York Times article in which several of his outrageously racist comments were quoted. Here is what he said:
"That’s exactly what I said. I said I’m wondering if they’re better off under government subsidy, and their young women are having the abortions and their young men are in jail, and their older women and their children are standing, sitting out on the cement porch without nothing to do, you know, I’m wondering: Are they happier now under this government subsidy system than they were when they were slaves, and they was able to have their family structure together, and the chickens and garden, and the people had something to do? And so, in my mind I’m wondering, are they better off being slaves, in that sense, or better off being slaves to the United States government, in the sense of the subsidies. I’m wondering. That’s what. And the statement was right. I am wondering.”
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Good save, Clive! As long as you're simply "wondering", it's really not racist at all.
h/t to @RachelVT123 for the tweet.
Update 1:
Make that triples down. MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner just showed a clip from Bundy's 4pm press conference, and he appeared to be repeating the exact same crap.