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Late Night’s Ruffin Attacks Surgeon General: ‘Fool ... You’re Parroting Right-Wing Talking Points’

‘There is nothing this administration won’t blame on people of color’

EXCERPT:

RUFFIN: "Fool, I know you did not just get up in front of your little white friends and blame the spread of the coronavirus on minorities. Damn! There is nothing this administration won’t blame on people of color. I’m surprised they didn’t give a press conference on Easter to point out the fact that the worst jelly beans are the Black ones. Now, I can see this type of thing coming from a member of Trump’s staff, but I did not see it coming from a Jerome. A Chad, a Tyler, maybe. But a Jerome? You friggin’ idiot. You are parroting classic right-wing talking points. If Billboard had a chart for racist talking points, 'Minorities just don’t take care of themselves' would be number 2, right after 'Never talk about the real root of the problem — systemic racism.' Tsk. Y’all, this man went on national television, flanked by the world’s most famous racists, and tried to get minorities to stop the spread by saying ,'o it for your abuela. Do it for Big Mama.' Now, when he was talking to white people about it, did he say, 'Do it for Pee-Paw'? Did he say, 'Do it for Gam-Gams'? No! Because you can talk to white people regular, but when you talk to minorities, you have to do an impersonation, or we can’t understand you.”

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