Black Congresswoman Seriously Stuck on Stupid

Want to know why things are so screwed up in Washington? Don’t think the fact that some of the people sent there by voters are complete idiots doesn’t have something to do with it.

As evidence, I give you Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. But here, I’ll let Tina Moore of the New York Daily News tell the embarrassing story:

Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke was the laughingstock of Brooklyn — and the nation — Wednesday after offering a preposterous explanation of New York history on “The Colbert Report.”

The pol told Stephen Colbert, in a spot that aired Tuesday night, that slavery persisted in Brooklyn until as late as 1898. In reality, slavery was legally abolished in New York in 1827.

“Some have called Brooklyn’s decision to become part of New York City ‘The Great Mistake of 1898,’ ” Colbert said. “If you could get in a time machine and go back to 1898, what would you say to those Brooklynites?”

“I would say to them, ‘Set me free,’ ” Clarke responded.

Pressed by Colbert to say what she would have been freed from, the black Democrat responded, “Slavery.”

“Slavery. Really? I didn’t realize there was slavery in Brooklyn in 1898,” Colbert followed.

“I’m pretty sure there was,” Clarke continued.

“Who would be enslaving you in 1898 in New York?” the quick-witted comic questioned, never one to let slip a priceless live TV moment.

Clarke responded: “The Dutch.”

Wrong again: The Dutch formally ceded control of New Amsterdam to the English in 1674.

This is what happens when all you see is through the lens of racism and victimhood. Which also means it’s no mistake that this ignoramus is a Democrat.