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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was the question: 
https://twitter.com/ejgoulet/status/1527304661597683716

This was the answer:
https://twitter.com/ejgoulet/status/1526981806859223040

Maybe someone can be so kind as to transcrube it all so that we can collectively dissect it.

I don't think it was a good answer to the question but YMMV.[/quote]

[b]omg. THAT is what they are trying to smear him with? He gave a really good, non-racist answer. Seriously wtf.[/b] [/quote]

If this is the answer everyone is complaining about, DCUM's own Jeff Steele and a lot of other people owe Goulet an apology.[/quote]

That is not his full answer. It is cut off at the end and doesn't include his allegation that black voucher recipients are a source of crime. That's why we deserve that the Chamber of Commerce release the entire video.
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Seems really shitty of you, Jeff. Goulet is presenting a pretty sensitive description of the issue. For you to accuse him of later veering into some awful racist thing when you can't even tell us what he said is just gross. You're just lying and slinging mud here, Jeff. Is that the purpose of DCUM? To lie about candidates you don't like? [/quote]

I would love to be able to provide an exact quote, but due to the cover-up being staged by Goulet and the Chamber of Commerce, I can't. It is pretty shocking that you are such a staunch supporter of suppressing the facts. You and I both know that I am not lying. Is it your position that Goulet didn't mention crime in his answer? [/quote]

lol Jeff. there is no cover up Goulet posted a clip of the first part of his answer, and is on the record elsewhere with the second supposedly offensive part of his answer. [/quote]

Fine, as I said above, we can both agree that Goulet replied to a question about racial and economic diversity by discussing black voucher recipients being a source of crime. This is what I've been saying all along and getting called a liar for my efforts. But, now it turns out that you agree this is what happened. Now you are also agreeing that the video that some posters are claiming exonerates him doesn't include crucial parts of his answer.
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Yes, you are still dissembling.

He responded to a long, multi-part question about what he would do to increase racial and economic diversity in Ward 3 by addressing the fact that the primary government program to create that diversity, vouchers, is failing to provide proper supports to recipients, resulting in their inability to access jobs and mental health care, and resulting in increased crime in the buildings. The most you can criticize him for is that his answer is a criticism instead of an affirmative policy proposal. [/quote]

[b]That's what I've been saying. His reaction to increasing diversity was to focus entirely on black voucher recipients who he thinks cause crime. Why didn't he mention middle class, upper middle class, or wealthy black residents and what could be done to attract them to Ward 3? Does diversity only mean poor and black to him?[/b]
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This makes zero sense.

It's amazing how much mileage people accusing Goulet of being racist have gotten despite everything they're saying having no basis whatsoever in fact. This is nothing more than a campaign dirty trick. [/quote]

I guess if you also think "diversity" means poor black people who cause crime, it makes zero sense to you. But, other candidates were able to address the question is ways that demonstrated a more realistic vision of diversity.
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jeff the question was **specifically about racial and economic diversity**. the answer was about DC’s program to create racial and economic diversity.

the only thing apparently acceptable to you is a taboo about discussing the shortfalls of government programs designed to create economic & racial diversity. can you explain why you think nobody should be able to talk about it?[/quote]

Here is the gist of the question:

[quote]What is your strategy to balance the increase in affordable housing, increasing density in Ward 3, while protecting the property value of current homeowners? Moreover, how would you provide for neighborhoods that are racially, socio-economically, and generationally diverse?[/quote]

Goulet's only answer was to suggest that programs that increased diversity had failed and led to increased crime. That can only be interpreted as an argument against trying to increase diversity. In what way did Goulet offer suggestions to balance affordable housing, increasing density while protecting current property values? What did he have to say about providing for neighborhoods that are racially, socio-economically, and generationally diverse?

A discussion about crime and poverty or the failure of government programs would be appropriate in some circumstances. As a response to a question about increasing diversity, it was not.

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