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Congresswoman Can't Quite Remember Name of 'Young White Female' Murder Victim of Equal Concern to Martin Case
March 28, 2012
"I care about all of the children."
Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) insisted on CNN Wednesday that her colleagues' outrage over teen Trayvon Martin's death was not solely because Martin was black -- but faltered when asked to name the murdered "young white female" Brown said she was just as concerned about.
"Would you, would your fellow African American lawmakers be as concerned about this case if Trayvon wasn't black?" CNN's Brooke Baldwin asked.
"Oh let me tell you something. We had an incident in my area where a young white female was murdered and I was just as concerned, absolutely, I care about all of the children," Brown said. "You know, you can make this --"
"Congresswoman Brown, what was her name?" Baldwin interjected.
Brown paused, then asked, "The young lady that got killed?"
"Yes ma'am," Baldwin said.
"In, in Orange, uh, County," Brown stammered. Looking off camera, she seemed to be conferring with someone, and said, "Yeah, yeah, the young lady who got killed."
"Do you remember?" Baldwin pressed.
"Uh, I don't -- I don't remember, but we had all kinds of rallies in the community, in Jacksonville, that I participated in and I made sure that the sheriff department had the money that they need to pursue the case, so just don't try to act like this is about this one black male, this is about all of the children," Brown said.
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