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Carson Channels Trump, Blames ‘PC Culture’ for Muslim Comments Outrage
Mediaite
Matt Wilstein
9/22/2015
Excerpt:
Stylistically, Donald Trump and Ben Carson have very little in common. But it seemed as though Carson was taking a page from Trump’s book on Tuesday as reporters in Ohio continued to hammer him for his assertion that he would not support a Muslim-American candidate for president of the United States.
“It seems hard for people to actually hear English and understand it,” a frustrated Carson said. Since making his original comments on Meet the Press, he has walked them back a bit, now saying he will embrace anyone — presumably including Muslims — “as long as they embrace our American values and our Constitution and are willing to place that above their beliefs.”
The only way to fix the perception that he is anti-Muslim, Carson said, is to “fix the PC culture in our country, which only can listen to one narrative.” This is the same argument Trump has made whenever he is accused of saying something offensive. In fact, when Trump first made his remarks about Mexican “rapists,” Carson defended him by saying, “It’s the PC police out in force.”
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Mediaite
Matt Wilstein
9/22/2015
Excerpt:
Stylistically, Donald Trump and Ben Carson have very little in common. But it seemed as though Carson was taking a page from Trump’s book on Tuesday as reporters in Ohio continued to hammer him for his assertion that he would not support a Muslim-American candidate for president of the United States.
“It seems hard for people to actually hear English and understand it,” a frustrated Carson said. Since making his original comments on Meet the Press, he has walked them back a bit, now saying he will embrace anyone — presumably including Muslims — “as long as they embrace our American values and our Constitution and are willing to place that above their beliefs.”
The only way to fix the perception that he is anti-Muslim, Carson said, is to “fix the PC culture in our country, which only can listen to one narrative.” This is the same argument Trump has made whenever he is accused of saying something offensive. In fact, when Trump first made his remarks about Mexican “rapists,” Carson defended him by saying, “It’s the PC police out in force.”
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View the complete article, including image and video, at:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/carson-ch...ments-outrage/