Via Mediaite:
Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson wrote an op-ed Tuesday reiterating his belief that Harriet Tubman should not be on $20 bill, arguing it was not a fitting tribute to her legacy.
Carson claimed in an op-ed for IJ Review that he had been “misconstrued” when first stating his opposition. “Harriet Tubman, one of America’s truest and most revered freedom fighters, deserves a far more fitting tribute than to be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency by placing her on the twenty dollar bill,” he argued. “The effort to rush this through under the current Obama administration is nothing short of national disgrace…”