Carson Stumbles Through Answer About How He’d Handle Paris Attacks

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, addresses the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Ben Carson reportedly gave a rambling and confusing answer on Friday night at a campaign stop in Florida about what sorts of counter measures he would employ if, as President, he faced attacks like those earlier in the day in Paris.

From the Daily Beast:

“I would be working with our allies, using every resource known to man: in terms of economic resources, in terms of covert resources… military resources… things-that-they-don’t-know-about resources… not to contain them, but to eliminate them, before they eliminate us,” Carson told reporters at the Sunshine Summit, a gathering of Republican leaders.

Earlier this week, Carson received scrutiny for a meandering answer, which included a claim that the Chinese were in Syria, that he gave on foreign policy during the GOP debate.

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