Wilmore: Carson Is ‘In Danger’ Of Losing Black Vote Over Rap Track (VIDEO)

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Retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is doing anything to get votes at this point — including rapping.

When “Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore heard about Carson’s track, Wilmore had to listen to it during Thursday’s episode.

Here’s Wilmore’s listening gear.

Wilmore was unable to get through the entire track, which is less than a minute.

“Is it so hard to get the black vote?” Wilmore asked Carson. “You’re the black candidate. You’re in danger of losing it now.”

Watch the clip, from Comedy Central, below:

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  1. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Well, yeah. But it won’t be Dr. Ben’s fault if this causes a loss of the Black vote. He was just jiving about approving the message.

    BTW his whole campaign is starting to look like a pyramid scheme.

  2. ¨Ben Carson, you´re in danger of losing the black vote.¨

    Pretty subtle, Larry.

  3. Who knew a simple rap song could win the African American vote? All this time I thought the best way to do it had something to do with policies that don’t rat fuck their communities and actually work to benefit their specific social and economic interests.

    Hillary should make a rap song and win them back. And then maybe take up yodeling and sweep the southern white people demographic.

  4. I hear Hillary took up the banjo during the offseason…

    Appalachia here we come!

    I also hear that she makes dynamite beans, (Pinto I believe)… that’s how the South West was won.

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