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Unreal. Via Mediaite: This was probably not the interview that former Republican candidate and current Trump pal Ben Carson had in mind. The famed neurosurgeon appeared Friday morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and he got brutally raked over the coals by cohost Joe Scarborough and Katty Kay, who he immediately began fighting with from the opening minutes of his hit. …

CNN reports: Ben Carson said Tuesday “of course” he’s heard similar language from other people along the lines of the recently surfaced lewd and sexually aggressive comments from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “I’ve heard people talking like that. Of course. Are you kidding me?” the former Republican presidential candidate told CNN’s Brianna Keilar. “As I was growing up, people …

On Friday the American Family Association cosponsored an event called the Pensmore National Symposium on Religious Liberty. In the audience was Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and headlining the event was Dr. Stabby, who had some typically insane things to say. The Springfield News-Leader reports: Outside the college were the letters “RLM” and a cross covered with American flags. The …

Back in August 2015, homocon Sheriff Paul Babeu toured then-presidential candidate Ben Carson around the Mexico border to boast about his plan to stop his former boyfriends from getting back into the country. The event was widely mocked because Babeu’s county is 70 miles from the border. Today Babeu gets Carson’s endorsement: “Sheriff Paul Babeu is a man of incredible …

Via Mediaite: In the middle of a CNN interview in Detroit talking about the black community and Donald Trump, Ben Carson realized he didn’t know where his luggage was. So in kind of a hilarious moment, Carson cried “Oh, my luggage!” and walked off-camera. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond filled time by just recapping what’s been going on before Carson walked back. …

And this guy supports Trump. Via Politico: Not only should Hillary Clinton release a new health report confirming her fitness to be commander in chief, so should Donald Trump, Ben Carson said Wednesday. Carson, a retired world-renowned neurosurgeon who supports Trump, called it “common sense” for those running for the White House to “disclose their medical history,” “particularly if they’re …

As I mentioned once or twice during the primary season, Ben Carson’s chief campaign advisor, Armstrong Williams, settled out of court in 1997 after a gym trainer sued him for sexual harassment. Carson’s many insane anti-gay statements during the campaign prompted porn magnate Larry Flynt to offer up to a one million dollar reward for proof that Williams was continuing …

Via Mediaite: Carson was on Fox’s Fox & Friends this morning to share an analogy he came up with. He said that America is like a cruise ship that is almost about to topple over the edge of Niagara Falls. America, the ship, needs to turn around. Clinton would destroy the very nature of the country if she were allowed …

The Washington Post reports: Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon turned presidential candidate turned unfiltered pitchman for Donald Trump and now part of the presumptive nominee’s vice presidential search committee, sat in the back of a Town Car with his wife, Candy, on his way to a televised interview. He had just explained to the reporter riding along that he wanted no …

Politico reports: Attorney General Loretta Lynch likening the controversial North Carolina bathroom law to Jim Crow laws is “a bunch of crap,” Ben Carson said Monday. Announcing a counter-suit against the state, Lynch said North Carolina “created state-sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals” that violates federal law. “This is not the first time that we have seen discriminatory responses to historic …

From the Wall Street Journal: Just days after his last two rivals quit the presidential race, Donald Trump’s effort to choose a vice president is beginning to take shape and it could provoke the ire of conservatives in the party. While rank-and-file conservatives are searching for a signal that Mr. Trump shares their values, Ben Carson, a former GOP rival …

“Harriet Tubman would likely be turning over in her grave if she knew she would be the new face of American debt slavery. She would revile the cheap trick being pulled on African Americans in getting them to support this nearly bankrupt symbol of American debt. It is amazing how, just as the currency dwindles down to near worthlessness – …

Yes, for real. Via the Washington Post: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who endorsed Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, said that he spoke with Trump by phone on Tuesday about a list of 10 to 12 judges from whom the billionaire might fill vacancies on the Supreme Court. Trump plans to release the names in the coming weeks as …

The Hill reports: Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Monday predicted that the Republican Party would face “absolute destruction,” including the loss of the House and Senate, if businessman Donald Trump is not its presidential nominee. “If there are shenanigans, if it’s not straightforward, all of those millions of people that Donald Trump has brought into the arena are …

LOLinfinity. Via Politico: Ben Carson says he’s rubbing off on Donald Trump and has convinced him — at least in flashes — to act more presidential. “I’ve had talks about being presidential, about toning it down a bit, appealing to a broader group of people,” Carson said in a phone interview on Friday morning. “You did notice that he wasn’t …

Via Mediaite: This morning, Ben Carson appeared on The View and the hosts there dug way, way into him about his support of Donald Trump. They called the presidential candidate a racist and took Carson to task for endorsing someone who has called him “pathological” and compared him to a child molester in the past. They held nothing back and …

Here’s the payoff for last week’s endorsement. Ben Carson today appeared on right wing radio where he revealed that Donald Trump has promised him a position in his administration. Carson refused to say if it would be a cabinet position as “the situation is still very liquid.” Watch below. On Breitbart they are speculating that Carson would be Surgeon General.

NBC News reports: Ben Carson, the former pediatric neurosurgeon who dropped out of the Republican presidential race last week, endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, praising his “guts” and “energy.” Carson, the second ex-contender to back Trump, laid out why he is endorsing the Republican front-runner: There is “a lot more alignment … spiritually that I ever would have thought.” “There …

Grifter endorses grifter. From the Washington Post: Conservative favorite Ben Carson, who last week suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, plans to endorse Donald Trump on Friday morning, according to two people familiar with his thinking. The endorsement, perhaps the most high-profile nod for Trump since New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie backed him, was finalized Thursday morning when …

NBC News has the final quitting notice: Ben Carson on Friday announced he is “leaving the campaign trail” after a string of disappointing finishes in the GOP presidential primary contests and urged his former Republican rivals for more civility. “There’s a lot of people who love me, they just won’t vote for me,” Carson said during a speech at the …