Sound the alarm! Guess who beat Ben Carson to the slaves-as-immigrants punch

Ben Carson is still taking heat for his comments about African slaves as immigrants, comments that can perhaps most charitably be described as really awkward.

But as it turns out, there’s someone else who referred to the slaves as immigrants, and he beat Carson to the punch by a few years:

Lots of nastiness directed @RealBenCarson – but in 2015 President Obama also referred to the slaves as immigrants https://t.co/0sinrwgQs3 pic.twitter.com/OSzfbrweHb

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) March 7, 2017

How do you like that? Or this?

and 2012https://t.co/Kd1lMVagri @RealBenCarson pic.twitter.com/KwAGIGD6ns

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 7, 2017

Whoops!

So, all the people who lambasted Carson will retroactively condemn Obama, right? Right???

down the memory hole…

— Kevin Kautzman (@KevinKautzman) March 7, 2017

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Update:

Ahem:

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/839219621215502336

Eleven times. Eleven.

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