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Cain: Both Obama and Perry are ‘insensitive’

By Joel Gehrke
Published October 2, 2011 4:00am ET
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Cain: Both Obama and Perry are ‘insensitive’
Moments after calling Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, ‘insensitive to a lot of black people,’ presidential candidate Herman Cain defended his characterization of black voters’ support for Democrats and criticized President Obama’s speech at a recent Congressional Black Caucus rally. Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday asked Cain if he stood by his characterization of black […]

Moments after calling Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, ‘insensitive to a lot of black people,’ presidential candidate Herman Cain defended his characterization of black voters’ support for Democrats and criticized President Obama’s speech at a recent Congressional Black Caucus rally.

Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday asked Cain if he stood by his characterization of black voters as “brainwashed” into supporting Democrats against Republicans. Cain denied that the word was “insensitive” before attacking Obama:

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