On Wednesday morning, Dr. Robertson stated that the nation of Haiti made a pact with the devil. “True story”, he said, and claimed that this explains why Haiti suffered so much in the years since. Au contraire: everything about his statement is false. Robertson’s claims: “Haiti was under the heel of the French, Napoleon III [...]
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