Carson Leaves CNN Anchor Speechless By Suggesting He Has Criminal Record (VIDEO)

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Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Thursday briefly left CNN anchors John Berman and Kate Balduan speechless when he suggested Berman had “probably been charged” with a crime.

Berman had asked the Donald Trump surrogate to justify the continued employment of Trump’s campaign manager, who has been charged with misdemeanor battery.

Berman asked Carson if Corey Lewandowski should remain in charge of the Trump campaign in light of his arrest for allegedly grabbing the arm of a former Breitbart News reporter. He noted many people cited Lewandowski’s battery as a credible reason to dismiss the top aide.

“Well, I mean, a lot of people have been charged with various things,” Carson responded. “That doesn’t necessarily mean we need to demonize them. You’ve probably been charged with something too, maybe with a misdemeanor or something. It doesn’t mean you’re an evil, horrible person.”

Bolduan and Berman looked at each other with disbelief for a few seconds after Carson suggested Berman had a criminal record.

“I actually haven’t, as far as I know,” Berman then chimed in as Carson continued to talk over him.

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  1. Carson: “Well, sure Corey Lewandowski has a criminal record. Who doesn’t?”

    It’s stunning that this man was, until very recently, considered a serious candidate for the presidency. Someone please give him his binky and put him back down for another nap…

  2. Can we kick this useless pile of crap off the airwaves faster than $ister $arah? I can’t deal with his insane ramblings for another 4 - 8 years.

  3. It’s almost like he has a cloud floating around him…sort of like Pigpen…except it’s not a cloud of dirtiness, but rather a miasma of shocked confusion and quiet, but all consuming, bafflement. Those caught in this atmospheric phenomenon who fail to leave before breathing are struck dumb, dazed for several seconds and left with a vague, haunting feeling of having lost something of themselves and their identity, such that comprehension of the world around them is rendered sluggish and incomplete, hazy as if seen through cheese cloth smeared in derp…

  4. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    It is even more stunning to me that he was permitted to operate on peoples brains. I am now tempted to ask every neurosurgeon I meet (none so far); does Dr. Carson represent the level of intelligence within your medical specialty?

  5. I mean, really, who among us has never committed a little bit of assault and battery? At least on a few occasions?

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