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CARSON’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS
1. On his personal history of violence:
Carson’s history of violence from trying to kill someone to attempting to assault his mother are critical to his appeal as a redemption candidate. CNN reporters tried to corroborate Carson’s accounts of previous violence through previous classmates and neighbors, yet could not find anyone who had knowledge of these events. Amongst Carson’s claims are that he tried to knife a friend and hit his mother with a hammer.
“Grabbing the camping knife I carried in my back pocket, I snapped it open and lunged for the boy who had been my friend. With all the power of my young muscles, I thrust the knife toward his belly. The knife hit his big, heavy ROTC buckle with such force that the blade snapped and dropped to the ground.” – Ben Carson, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Carson defended himself by saying that the CNN reporter could not find victims or witnesses because he fabricated names to protect their privacy.
2. On his acceptance to West Point Academy:
Carson claimed that he had been offered not only admission, but a full scholarship to West Point. However, a West Point spokesperson said that the academy has no record of Carson even applying to the prestigious academy. Carson responded in a New York Times article by saying:
“I don’t remember all the specific details. Because I had done so extraordinarily well, you know, I was told that someone like me — they could get a scholarship to West Point. But I made it clear I was going to pursue a career in medicine.”
Good response Ben Carson!
3. On concerns regarding his political experience:
Carson compiled answers on his campaign website to a multitude of questions asked by his followers on Facebook; one user asked if his lack of political experience was going to be a challenge for him. 
Carson took to social media to “promote his lack of experience”, but instead showed his inept understanding of American history. The signers of the Declaration of Independence could not be federally elected officials because there was no official federal government. However, there were local governments at the time and 28 out of the 58 signers were office holders. Carson’s Facebook post earned him the notorious and special “liar, liar pants on fire, rating” from PolitiFact.
4. On his comparison of Obamacare to slavery:
Carson compared Obamacare to slavery and then proceeded to stand by his comments when asked again.
“You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery … in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control.”
Furthermore, he also suggested that Obamacare was worse than 9/11 on a separate occasion, but took those comments back.
5. On whether being homosexual is a choice and the consequences of legalizing gay marriage:
In a interview with CNN, the presidential candidate said that prisons prove that being gay is a choice.
“Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay.”
However, Carson did not stop there when discussing gay rights, he continued by saying that same-sex marriage would lead to pedophilia and bestiality. These controversial remarks led to public outrage and his withdrawal as Johns Hopkins’s 2013 commencement speaker.
6. On his proposal for separate bathrooms for transgender people:
Republican hopeful Carson proposed that there should be separate bathrooms for transgender people:
“How about we have a transgender bathroom? … It’s not fair for them to make everybody else uncomfortable.”
He claimed that this would ensure that everybody would have equal rights and that more importantly, no specific person would be given extra rights. The Human Rights Campaign responded quickly by issuing a statement:
“Ben Carson can’t go a week without invoking reckless and irresponsible stereotypes about the LGBT community, and his suggestion that transgender people be required to use segregated bathrooms echoes an ugly past our country should never revisit.” – Chad Griffen, HRC President
7. On his knowledge regarding Cuba policy:
When he was asked about the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy and the Cuban Adjustment Act, Carson admitted he was not well-briefed on these two policies.
“Because, see, it doesn’t make sense to me, quite frankly, the whole wet foot, dry foot thing doesn’t make sense to me.”
8. On gun violence and laws:
• 8a – On Nazi Germany and civilian guns: Carson made the statement that the Holocaust may not have happened if citizens had guns.
“I think the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed… I’m telling you there is a reason these dictatorial people take the guns first”.
He attempted to clarify comments in a following interview by saying that tyrannical governments have disarmed their population to enforce their rule, and that the U.S. will never have tyranny because the people are armed.
• 8b – On how sometimes it’s a misunderstanding between a shooter and yourself: He recounted a story from when he was held at gunpoint at a Popeyes and how the would-be-shooter had a misunderstanding with him:
“Guy comes in, puts the gun to my ribs, and I just said, ‘I believe that you want the guy behind the counter.”
• 8c – On how he would react in a gunman situation: After the mass shooting at the Umpqua Community College, the presidential hopeful suggested that he would have been proactive and encouraged everyone to attack the shooter.
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