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Kommer från Bill Bennett, republikan och utbildningsminister i Reaganadministrationen, som i sitt radioprogram, "Bill Bennets morning in America", sade:

But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down.

Konservativa ska ha all credit för att de tog avstånd från hans uttalande, men det fanns trots allt en del som ryckte ut till hans försvar. En av dem var pastorn Jesse Lee Petersen, som i en intervju i programmet "Hannity & Colmes" på Fox News menade att kritiken mot Bennet var en kampanj att tysta "vita, konservativa republikaner".

Han fick frågan om vad som är roten till brottslighet: ras eller fattigdom. I hans svar så hänvisar han till den desperata situationen i New Orleans efter orkanen Katrina, då fattiga som inte hade möjlighet att lämna staden fick ta sin tillflykt till idrottsarenan Louisiana Superdome:

The root cause of crime is a lack of moral character. You know, we saw a good example of that in the New Orleans situation in the inner cities. I've done a lot of work in the inner cities, and I have to tell you that crime and out-of-wedlock birth, black folks having babies without being married, and stuff like that is out of control. And it's not because they lack material things but because not all, not all, not all -- but most of them lack moral character. Look what they did to the Dome. In three days they turned the Dome into a ghetto.

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