Media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday night published a couple tweets praising Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, who Murdoch said would be a “real black president.”
Ben and Candy Carson terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And much else.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 8, 2015
Read New York magazine for minority community disappointment with POTUS
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 8, 2015
Murdoch, the co-executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, has expressed his support for Carson before and has been applauding the candidate on Twitter for the past few days.
Everywhere pundits keep underestimating Ben Carson. But public understand humility as admirable, listen to the multi-faceted strong message
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 3, 2015
Reputable IBD poll surprises with Carson at 24 and Trump at 17. Allowing fullest possible margin of error, they would be even.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 3, 2015
Don’t miss Ben Carson tonight on Kelly File.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 6, 2015
Murdoch is just trolling, he can see Ben Carson is a fool…
Gosh, thanks Rupe. That certainly clears up any confusion I had about conservatives being racist.
Does he mean he’s really black or real black?
I’m confused.
Rupert needs Carson to balance Trump’s racist rants.
This race stuff is confusing: Toni Morrison declares Bill Clinton to be our first black president; Rupert Murdock says Ben Carson would be our first “real black President” . . . Clearly, some definitions are in order.
(More seriously: As President Obama said during the eulogy after the Charleston shooting, we no longer need to have a conversation about race. We know what needs doing; it’s a matter of mustering the (political) will to do it. Murdock’s comments are an encouragement to forestall the doing of it, should Carson, God help us, even become the GOP’s nominee, much less become President.)