, Columnist
Trump's Willing Accomplices
The candidate shows his ignorance of religious conservatives' concerns, and they excuse it.
Heaven was never so forgiving.
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In a speech in Harlem on "breaking down barriers" for American blacks, Hillary Clinton touched on gun violence, unequal treatment in the criminal justice system and other matters familiar to anyone who casually follows the news. But she also cited the disproportionate effects of asthma, which is more than twice as likely to land a black kid in the hospital as a white kid.
"Just imagine with me, for a minute, if white kids were 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than black kids," Clinton said. "Five hundred percent."