Politico has since stood by their reporting, but have backtracked on their initial claim that Carson’s campaign acknowledged fabricating the story.
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“The political language and the traditional prism through which we evaluate candidates essentially does not apply to Ben Carson”, said Phil Musser, a Republican strategist.
Graham continued, saying, “As to what he did in his past in terms of violence, I don’t think he would lie about it”. They are, in my opinion, a few of the most dishonest people I have ever dealt with.
Carson compared his treatment by the mainstream media with Hillary Clinton, referencing her conflicting stories about Benghazi. “As a friend of mine told me, “If Politico says that your mother loves you, duck, because she might be shooting at you instead”.
Ben Carson blasted his critics who have sought to question the personal backstory that has been central to his rise in the Republican primary.
Both Trump and fellow GOP frontrunner Ben Carson were assigned Secret Service details last week, authorized by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, has faced a series of reports in the past week casting doubt on his stories about his violent outbursts as a youth and a scholarship he said he was offered to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. “Still, as a candidate whose brand has always been trust, are you anxious your campaign – which you’ve always said, sir, is bigger than you – is now being hurt by you?”
“You stab somebody and the newspapers say you didn’t do it”, Trump said.
And the business mogul was effusive in his praise of Fox Business Network, who hosted the debate following a performance by CNBC moderators in the previous debate that was widely panned by its participants and other Republicans.
Carson has said in the past that he would make up a potential revenue gap by cutting spending strategically. Asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he is being scrutinized more than President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, Carson replied: “Not like this”. Plus, West Point is a public institution, so everyone who is admitted receives, in effect, a full scholarship.
Why is it that the liberal agenda can painstakingly search for a fragment of indiscretion on any and all Republican candidates but I never see, hear or read any attention to the possible wrongdoings of any of the Democratic candidates? “You can say anything about anybody, and their poll numbers go up”. But all the candidates, Carson included, are masters of pivoting from a question about one thing to a talking point about another thing.
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But in the face of all this, Carson simply attacks the media for allegedly being unfair.
