Now 63, he grew up in public housing, in a single-parent family in Columbus, Georgia.

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Now 63, he grew up in public housing, in a single-parent family in Columbus, Ga.

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But what Scarborough failed to mention is that same black man came from a single-parent home where the mom had to go on welfare just to feed her family.

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She'd been a single parent to their ten-year-old daughter, finished her nursing degree, and handled the family's finances.

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