A New Hampshire lawmaker came under fire this week for claiming American slavery was based on economics, not racism.
Republican state Rep. Werner Horn stated his case in a now-deleted Facebook post, then reaffirmed his position in multiple interviews with media outlets.
Horn initially drew attention for his comments in a Facebook post by former state House member Dan Hynes, who posed the question: “If Trump is the most racist president in American history, what does that say about all of the other presidents who owned slaves?”
Horn responded, “Wait, owning slaves doesn’t make you racist…”
“I guess not,” Hynes answered Tuesday. “Which is surprising since everything else makes someone a racist.”
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