Carson Asks 5th Graders At Rally: ‘Who’s The Worst Student?’

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at a town hall, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Panora, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson asked a group of fifth graders Thursday at a campaign rally in Iowa who the worst student in the class was and the students responded by singling out a classmate, The Des Moines Register reported.

Carson told the crowd that as a fifth grader, he was a “horrible student.”

“Anybody here in fifth grade? Who’s the worst student?” Carson asked, prompting a group of more than half a dozen students to point toward one boy, according to the report.

Carson then laughed and continued: “Well, let me tell you, if you had asked that question in my classroom, there would have been no doubt.”

The student identified by his classmates told Katherine Faulders, a reporter for ABC News, that it didn’t hurt his feelings. Faulders tweeted a video of Carson talking with the student after the speech:

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  1. He did a great job of demonstrating that he’s still an idiot.

  2. Carson: I am merely pointing out the future Republican POTUS.

  3. You know, I’ll say he meant well. And he could have done it right if he weren’t a world-class dizzbomb and twit.

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