"Slavery was not about saving lives, it was about devaluing lives," Clyburn told CNN's "New Day" on Thursday.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., on Thursday blasted Attorney General William Barr for comparing pandemic shutdowns to slavery, calling the remarks"the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful thing I've ever heard."
"You know, I think that that statement by Mr. Barr was the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful thing I've ever heard," Clyburn said, calling it"incredible" that the"chief law enforcement officer in this country would equate human bondage to expert advice to save lives." The U.S. has had no national lockdown; rather, varying levels of shutdowns across the U.S. were imposed by individual states and their governors.
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