@bluestein Surprised his opponents haven’t brought up how he cheated on his wife once elected, with another member of Congress no less, then divorced his wife. How does that jibe with drain the swamp and he went up there and did the swampiest thing?
The claim that Thomas Sowell was lying is incorrect; his statement that more whites (1-1.25 million) were enslaved in North Africa than blacks (388,000-400,000) brought directly to the U.S. is factually supported. However, the broader transatlantic slave trade involved 10.7 million Africans, which critics argue provides essential context. The white slaves were primarily enslaved by Barbary pirates, operating from North African states like Algiers and Tunis, often under local rulers or the Ottoman Empire, through coastal raids and ship captures. Unlike black slavery in the Americas, which was lifelong and hereditary, many white slaves were ransomed, impacting modern reparations debates differently.