by Jesse J. Lewis, Sr.
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson stood by his controversial comparison of the United States to Nazi Germany in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
Asked by Blitzer whether he would amend or take back his comment’s, Carson said, “Absolutely not.”
Carson noted that the Third Reich was “using its tools to intimidate the population,’ and said that ‘we now live in a society where people are afraid to say of what they actually believe.”
He suggested that the U.S. “government is using instruments of government, like the IRS, to punish its opponents.”
He was also asked about comments that Obamacare was the “worst thing” that’s happened in the U.S. “since slavery.” Carson said whether the health care reform law was worse than other crises that have gripped the nation, like the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 or the Great Depression, is “not the point.”
Carson’s unapologetic, outspoken style has contributed to his meteoric rise within the conservative movement and the Republican Party more broadly, and he’s begun to raise his profile nationally as he contemplates a 2016 presidential run.
We all know that Carson is Black, and as long as he keeps saying that Barack Obama as President is the worst thing that ever happened to this country, his ratings will continue to increase among the right-wing Republicans. He will not get any Black or Hispanic votes, but if he continues to bad mouth President Obama, he can get rich.
