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Carson Hints He’ll Join Trump Administration

November 23, 2016 at 11:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ben Carson on Facebook:

After serious discussions with the Trump transition team, I feel that I can make a significant contribution particularly to making our inner cities great for everyone. We have much work to do in strengthening every aspect of our nation and ensuring that both our physical infrastructure and our spiritual infrastructure is solid. An announcement is forthcoming about my role in helping to make America great again.

Most speculation suggests Carson will be the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Filed Under: Trump Transition Tagged With: Ben Carson

Carson Says He’s Been Offered Several Positions

November 23, 2016 at 7:01 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ben Carson confirmed that he’d had multiple “offers on the table” for positions in the incoming Trump administration, including secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Politico reports.

Bloomberg reports that Carson has been formally offered the position of HUD Secretary.

Filed Under: Trump Transition Tagged With: Ben Carson

Carson Suggests Gay Marriage Will Lead to ‘Mass Killings’

October 11, 2016 at 3:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ben Carson urged a conservative audience to be strong in their faith and stand by their beliefs in the face of “ever-growing government,” the Springfield News-Leader reports.

He said that tyranny will reign otherwise, “and there will be mass killings once again. The peace that we experience now will be a memory only. This is the nation that stands between peace and utter chaos.”

When asked later how he thought such a grim future might come about, Carson referenced “the whole gay marriage issue.”

He added: “I believe the reason is, if you can change the word of God in one area, then you can change it in every area. It’s the camel’s nose under the tent, and it will just be an avalanche of one thing after the other.”

Filed Under: Gay Rights Tagged With: Ben Carson


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Exchange of the Day

October 11, 2016 at 2:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Brianna Keilar interviewed Ben Carson on CNN about the video showing Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault:

KEILAR: You’ve heard talk like this?

CARSON: Of course. Are you kidding me? People are always trying — when I was growing up, people were always talking about their sexual conquests and trying to make themselves appear you know like Don — Casonova. I’m surprised you haven’t heard that.

KEILAR: I haven’t heard it.

CARSON: Maybe that’s the problem.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson

Carson Wants to See Clinton’s MRI Scan

September 13, 2016 at 9:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Dr. Ben Carson, a trained neurosurgeon, told BuzzFeed that Hillary Clinton should release a “specialized MRI” as part of her medical records.

Said Carson: “In the case of Hillary Clinton, because she has had a brain injury in the past and there is a question of venous sinus thrombosis, the result of a recent specialized MRI would be very helpful. The stakes are too high for us to blindly elect someone to the presidency of the United States when we have the possibility of examining real evidence upon which to make a decision.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Hillary Clinton

Carson Rails Against Hillary Clinton and Lucifer

July 20, 2016 at 8:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

In one of the more extraordinary moments of a political convention, Dr. Ben Carson said America doesn’t want a president whose role model acknowledges Lucifer.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson

Carson Says His Mother Would Have Shot Reporters

June 29, 2016 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ben Carson joked that “if his mother did not have Alzheimer’s Disease, she would have likely taken to arms and gone after the ‘dishonest reporters’ covering the campaign herself,” Politico reports.

Said Carson: “She has Alzheimer’s. She’s not really cognizant of that, which is a good thing because my mother is really a fighter. She probably would have taken a gun and gone out and shot some of the dishonest reporters.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson

Palin Is On Trump’s Veep Shortlist

May 15, 2016 at 9:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 138 Comments

Ben Carson told the Washington Post that former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is being considered as Donald Trump’s running mate, along with many of the real estate billionaire’s former challengers.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin

Carson Seeks Party Unity

May 13, 2016 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments

Ben Carson has been placing calls and “reaching out to everyone” to make the case that despite Donald Trump’s insults in the primary race, the party needs to come together, the New York Times reports.

The outreach includes Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, all of whom were frequent targets of insults from Mr. Trump during the primary campaigns.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson

Carson Seeks Pre-Meeting with Ryan

May 9, 2016 at 10:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 25 Comments

“A top emissary for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has asked to meet privately with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-WI) this week in advance of Trump’s visit to Washington on Thursday,” the Washington Post reports.

“Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who has become one of Trump’s most trusted allies, reached out Monday to Ryan’s political advisers to request a private session with the speaker.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Paul Ryan

Carson Sees Cruz as Attorney General

May 4, 2016 at 5:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 69 Comments

Ben Carson told Fox News Radio that he sees a place for Sen. Ted Cruz in a Donald Trump administration.

Said Carson: “I think he would be terrific on the Supreme Court, or I think he would be a terrific attorney general. Or he could be both. He could be attorney general first, you know, go ahead and prosecute Hillary, and then go on the Supreme Court.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Ted Cruz

Carson Heads Up Trump’s Veep Search

May 4, 2016 at 2:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 127 Comments

Donald Trump told the New York Times that he’ll make his vice presidential running mate pick in July, and that former rival Ben Carson is heading a committee to vet potential candidates for the position.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson

Carson Sees Problem Not Nominating Trump or Cruz

April 4, 2016 at 8:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 32 Comments

Ben Carson told Morning Joe that “it would be a disaster for the Republicans” to nominate a GOP candidate that isn’t Donald Trump or Sen. Ted Cruz in a contested convention.

Said Carson: “I would not be enthusiastic about whoever it was if it wasn’t one of the people who spent all this time, all this effort, all of this resource in order to get there and then we toss them out. If it’s not Senator Cruz or Mr. Trump, I think we have major problems brewing.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson

Quote of the Day

April 3, 2016 at 8:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 32 Comments

“Are there better people? Probably.”

— Ben Carson, quoted by The Hill, defending his endorsement of Donald Trump for president.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Donald Trump

Carson Says He’s Helping Trump Be More Presidential

March 25, 2016 at 12:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 48 Comments

“I’ve had talks about being presidential, about toning it down a bit, appealing to a broader group of people. You did notice that he wasn’t nearly as caustic in the last debate. People appreciated that. It’s a matter of cultivating and capitalizing on that.”

— Ben Carson, quoted by Politico, on advising Donald Trump.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Donald Trump

Carson Says If Trump Is Bad It’s Only for 4 Years

March 14, 2016 at 9:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 90 Comments

Ben Carson told Newsmax that even if Donald Trump turned out to be a bad president, he’ll only be in office for four years.

Said Carson: “Even if Donald Trump turns out not to be such a great president, which I don’t think is the case, I think he’s going to surround himself with really good people, but even if he didn’t, we’re only looking at four years as opposed to multiple generations and perhaps the loss of the American dream forever.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson

Carson Would Be Willing to be Trump’s Veep

March 12, 2016 at 10:42 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 33 Comments

One day after endorsing Donald Trump for president, Ben Carson said he would be “willing” to be his vice president, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Carson: “I’ve told Mr. Trump that if it was really going to make a big difference I’d be willing to.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Donald Trump

Trump Told Carson He Doesn’t Believe All of What He Says

March 12, 2016 at 4:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

Ben Carson told The Hill about the process by which he came around to supporting Donald Trump.
Said Carson: “I needed to know that he could listen to other people, that he could change his opinions, and that some of the more outlandish things that he’s said, that he didn’t really believe those things.”
When asked which statements Trump might back away from, Carson demurred: “I’ll let him talk about that because I don’t think it’s fair for me to relay a private conversation.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Ben Carson, Donald Trump

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