Dr. Ben Carson is a widely-admired man and one of the nation’s most accomplished neurosurgeons. He is terrible, however, at being a campaign surrogate for Donald Trump.
Since endorsing Trump in a speech in which he declared there were “two Donald Trumps” and insisted Trump was “actually” an intelligent person, Carson has done a series of appearances that have likely not done much to sway undecided Republicans.
In a March 14 appearance with Steve Malzberg on NewsMax, Carson offered an odd rationale for backing Trump.
“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,” Carson said.
Carson also used that line in a March 11 appearance with Fox News Channel’s Neil Cavuto.
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