Carson Blames Enemy ‘Submarine’ For Questions About Ties To Company (AUDIO)

Republican presidential candidate, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson speaks during a campaign stop at the University of New Hampshire, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Durham, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday suggested that a rival presidential campaign had leaked information about his relationship to a medical supplement company to a conservative news outlet in order to discredit him.

National Review’s Jim Geraghty originally reported on Caron’s ties to the supplement maker Mannatech Inc. in January. Last week, he slammed the retired neurosurgeon after Carson claimed during the Republican presidential debate not to have had “an involvement” with Mannatech Inc. Geraghty described it as “bald-faced lies.”

On Tuesday, Breitbart executive editor Steven Bannon asked Carson in a radio interview whether the retired neurosurgeon thought that writers like Geraghty were unfairly singling him out for “special, brutal treatment.”

“Well, they’re concerned about — that obviously comes from someone on that debate stage,” Carson told Bannon on Sirius XM’s “Breitbart News Daily.” “That’s a submarine that’s sent by them. They’re very concerned about me, and they’re using National Review as their political tool. That’s pretty obvious.”

Bannon then asked if Carson believed that information was “leaked” to National Review or “weaponized” by another campaign.

“Absolutely,” Carson replied.

Later Tuesday, Geraghty tweeted that no campaign tipped him off about Carson’s connection to Mannatech:

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This post has been updated.

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for wwss wwss says:

    Who cares who did it … own up you wimp! Maybe there’s a pill in your concoction of self-prescribed meds that will help. It’s the same as the candidates complaining about the questions in the last debate. Screw the questions … what about your (non) answers! It’s all a smoke screen.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    “weaponized”

    Another non vet making absurd use of military-sounding words to imply a something…I just can’t quite figure out what.

  3. And good Mr calm Christian still won’t admit that he lied. A great big fat lie told right to the cameras. He bore false witness…and has absolutely no guilt or shame about it.

    In fact, he is trying to but the guilt on somebody for daring to point out…that his a great big ol’ liar. Why should people care that he has an extremely lose relationship with the truth, and reality over all? Its not like he is running for President, or bilking thousands out of their money, right?

  4. Please proceed, Dr Whiner.

  5. Stupid Carson obviously didn’t know about the McDonnells of Virginia. Dietary supplements and Republicans don’t mix.

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