Ben Carson

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  3-8-17
  

  Ben Carson, Donald Trump, and the Misuse of American History

  by Jelani Cobb

  The habitual tendency to excise the most tragic elements of history creates a void in our collective understanding of what has happened in the past and, therefore, our understanding of the potential for tragedy in the present.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  3-6-17
  

  Carson refers to slaves as 'immigrants' in talk to HUD employees

  “That’s what America is about. A land of dreams and opportunity,” Carson said. “There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less.”

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-6-16
  

  Donald Trump says he wants to fix cities. Ben Carson will make them worse.

  by Thomas J. Sugrue

  Carson's lack of experience with urban policy, his bromides about socialist planning, his indifference to fair housing and his calls for individual boot-strapping don’t bode well for the future of metropolitan America.

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• SOURCE: Economic Policy Institute
  12-5-16
  

  What Ben Carson should learn about housing segregation

  by Richard Rothstein

  Mr. Carson has expressed opposition to the Obama administration’s new HUD requirement that cities and suburbs develop plans to end their segregation or face possible loss of federal funds. Here are some examples of facts he should know.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  11-23-15
  

  Thomas Jefferson Wrote What? Carson’s Constitutional Misstep

  Carson recently attributed the writing of the U.S. Constitution to Thomas Jefferson, who was a major figure in early American history but was absent from the Constitutional Convention.

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• 11-16-15
  

  What Grade Does Ben Carson Get in Civics?

  by Ray Raphael

  Why this historian gives him both an A and a D.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  11-6-15
  

  Ben Carson admits fabricating West Point scholarship

  Carson's campaign on Friday conceded that a central point in his inspirational personal story did not occur as he previously described. West Point has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  11-5-15
  

  Ben Carson States, Wrongly, That Founding Fathers ‘Had No Elected Office Experience’

  Actually, as Gordon Wood pointed out, many of the delegates had been elected to colonial assemblies. One had been elected governor.

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• SOURCE: Buzzfeed
  11-4-15
  

  Ben Carson: Egyptian Pyramids Built For Grain Storage, Not By Aliens Or As Tombs

  “…you know, it doesn’t require an alien being when God is with you.”

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• SOURCE: Think Progress
  10-25-15
  

  Carson: Women Who Have Abortions Are Like Slaveowners

  "During slavery, a lot of the slaveowners thought that they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave."

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• 10-20-15
  

  The Dangerous Nonsense Ben Carson Is Spreading About Muslims

  by Brian A. Catlos

  He claims Muslims reserve the right to lie. It’s not true.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-14-15
  

  Ben Carson’s claim about gun control and the Holocaust is flat wrong

  by Alan E. Steinweis

  The Republican presidential candidate’s statements about weapons and Germany trivialize history.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-11-15
  

  Ben Carson flunks middle school history

  If only Anne Frank had a gun.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  10-1-15
  

  Ben Carson: 'Hitler' could happen here

  At a campaign event in New Hampshire, Carson noted that many people believe a situation like what took place in Germany in the 1930's and 1940's could never happen in America.

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• SOURCE: Time
  

  Ben Carson Would Fail U.S. History

  by Denise A. Spellberg

  The idea of a Muslim president was first debated 227 years ago

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• 9-2-15
  

  What Does Ben Carson's Popularity Say About GOP Voters?

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  It's assumed by many that they're racists (which would account for the heated demonization of Barack Obama). But maybe the opposition to Obama is just political gamesmanship.