posted 03-28-2019 02:07 PM                  

By Greg Norman | Fox News

It turns out New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t the only prominent Democrat who questions whether America was ever that great.

In pointed terms during an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, Obama-era attorney general Eric Holder posed the question to MAGA-chanting Trump supporters: "Exactly when did you think America was great?"

The comments echoed those of Cuomo, who took heavy criticism for remarking last year that America “was never that great.” Together, both off-the-cuff comments amount to stunning statements from public figures who until recently were considered potential presidential candidates. In both cases, the Democrats took shots at America's past as part of an effort to criticize President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan.

After speaking during Wednesday's MSNBC interview with Holder on topics like criminal justice reform and partisan redistricting – which the ex-AG says is now his focus instead of running for the White House in 2020 – host Ari Melber had asked him: “There is a lot of talk about America being a leader as a democracy, quote unquote, in the 1800s when women and African-Americans couldn’t vote. What kind of democracy is that?”

Holder, unprovoked, then used his answer to tear into Trump's campaign rally cry.

"That's exactly right. And that's what I hear these things about 'let’s make America great again' and I think to myself, ‘exactly when did you think America was great’?” he said on the show.

“It certainly wasn’t when people were enslaved. It certainly wasn’t when women didn’t have the right to vote. It certainly wasn’t when the LGBT community was denied the rights to which it was entitled."

Melber then asked Holder if he believes Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan had discriminatory undertones.

“Does that phrase echo as discrimination in your ears?” the MSNBC host asked.

It takes us back to what I think, an American past that never in fact really existed. This notion of greatness,” Holder replied.

“You know, America has done superb things. It has done great things. And it has been a leader in you know, a whole range of things. But we are always a work in process and … looking back, ‘Make America Great Again’ is inconsistent with who we are as Americans at our best where we look at the uncertain future, embrace it and make it our own.”

Holder’s comments Wednesday echo remarks made by Cuomo last year in which he drew gasps and chuckles from an audience by declaring that America “was never that great.”

“We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great,” Cuomo said during a bill signing event in New York last August. “We have not reached greatness, we will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged, we will reach greatness when discrimination and stereotyping against women, 51 percent of our population, is gone and every woman’s full potential is realized and unleashed and every woman is making her full contribution,” he continued.

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Cuomo’s office later was in damage control mode and said the governor “believes America is great and that her full greatness will be fully realized when every man, woman and child has full equality.”

“America has not yet reached its maximum potential,” it added.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/eric-holder-when-did-you-think-america-was-great

posted 03-28-2019 02:29 PM                  

Name 'one' country on Earth where that scenario exists....

Every country has the 'have and have nots',,,,the rich and the poor,,,the educated and the uneducated,,,the lazy and the hard workers,,,and so on,,,,,,,

posted 03-28-2019 02:49 PM                  

I think America was great when we fought for and won our Independence from England.

I think America was great when we signed the Declaration of Independence.

I think America was great when our for fathers drafted the Constitution

I think America was great when whites and blacks in the north fought side by side to end slavery.

I think America was great when we along with our allies defeated the Germans in WWI

I think America was great when we along with our allies defeated the Germans and Japan in WWII.

I think America was great when Reagan ended the Cold War which eventually lead to tearing down the Berlin Wall.

I think America was great when Reagan signed the American Civil Liberties Act.

I think America was great when the put a man on the Moon.

I think America is great for all the men and women who fought and sacrificed so that we can remain free and allows you to speak your mind no matter how hateful it is.

I think America is great when they come to the aid of countries devastated by disasters.

I think America was great when they elected the first African American President. (even though I didn't agree with his policies)