No further questions. Even Donald Trump seemed to lay off Carson. “As a friend of mine told me, “If Politico says that your mother loves you, duck, because she might be shooting at you instead”.
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Here is the deal-right now Ben Carson has chosen to play the victim-to protest just a little too much, in fact, to protest a lot.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has defended his belief in the Bible at the school founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. Carson denied that he minded the scrutiny, stating, “I have no problem with being vetted”. He added, “What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that out there as truth”.
And, the other thing is, I do care about the poor people. “I didn’t refuse the scholarship outright, but I let them know that a military career wasn’t where I saw myself going”.
Carson also expanded on why he chose to run for president, which he has repeatedly said was never his goal as he was on the verge of retiring from a successful medical career.
The retired neurosurgeon took the stage after a string of news reports intensely focused on his biography, including whether he was offered a scholarship to attend West Point, and what courses he took while at Yale University. “I told him when he’s going to run whatever he needs we are going to do and we are just glad to be a part of it”, said Carson.
“I believe that eventually people are gonna understand that the media is trying to nitpick him to death, rather than challenge him as a candidate”, he said.
“We have to start treating people the same and find out what they really think and what they’re made of”.
Speaking at Liberty University, Carson warned against the dangers of uninformed voters who would believe “propaganda” from “unscrupulous politicians and news media”. (About 45 minutes later, an extended ad for the Benghazi movie 13 Hours aired during a commercial break.) Fellow debate moderator Baker, whose paper co-sponsored tonight’s debate and was among those that had looked into a few of Carson’s claims, did not join in the fun. Carson later became a leading voice in an unsuccessful effort by the Republican candidates to establish different ground rules for subsequent debates.
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It could be one of the most memorable moments shared on social media at the Fox Business/WSJ GOP debate on Tuesday night.
