NoTeaPartyPleez
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We ALL know he's a retired neurosurgeon...That's been at the forefront for the last two years. What's news is the guy has been caught in so many lies, he's getting ready to receive another award....from Politifact.
All statements involving Ben Carson
All statements involving Ben Carson | PolitiFact
The only estimate, but it's not very reliable
BEN CARSON
Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee."
— PolitiFact National
If by "no involvement" he means ringing endorsement
BEN CARSON
Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.
— PolitiFact National
A mix of bad history and bad math
BEN CARSON
"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."
— PolitiFact National
There was no 1968 bad guys club
BEN CARSON
"In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin."
— PolitiFact National
Evidence doesn't support claim
BEN CARSON
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire
Most apprehensions are from Mexico and Central America
BEN CARSON
When ICE releases illegal immigrants, "a lot of those people are not from Honduras and Mexico. They’re from Iraq and Somalia and Russia."
— PolitiFact Florida
Oversimplified beyond recognition
BEN CARSON
"We've had examples like in Yuma County, where we've been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish."
— PolitiFact National
There are some exceptions
BEN CARSON
There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."
— PolitiFact National
Immunizations don't exist for trivial illnesses
BEN CARSON
There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
— PolitiFact Georgia
Leading medical experts agree on vaccination schedule
BEN CARSON
Pediatricians have cut down on the number and proximity of vaccines because they recognize there have been "too many in too short a period of time."
— PolitiFact Florida
Defining border security is subjective
BEN CARSON
Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control."
— PolitiFact National
More like a promise not to attack
BEN CARSON
"Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."
— PolitiFact National
Not enough criminal justice figures available for 18-24 age group
BEN CARSON
"There are more young black males involved in the criminal justice system than there are in higher education."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin
More, but not double
BEN CARSON
"We spent twice as much per capita for health care in this country as the next closest nation."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire
A researcher called the claim 'insane'
BEN CARSON
"A lot of people who go into prison straight, and when they come out they’re gay."
— PolitiFact National
All statements involving Ben Carson
All statements involving Ben Carson | PolitiFact
The only estimate, but it's not very reliable
BEN CARSON
Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee."
— PolitiFact National
If by "no involvement" he means ringing endorsement
BEN CARSON
Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.
— PolitiFact National
A mix of bad history and bad math
BEN CARSON
"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."
— PolitiFact National
There was no 1968 bad guys club
BEN CARSON
"In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin."
— PolitiFact National
Evidence doesn't support claim
BEN CARSON
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire
Most apprehensions are from Mexico and Central America
BEN CARSON
When ICE releases illegal immigrants, "a lot of those people are not from Honduras and Mexico. They’re from Iraq and Somalia and Russia."
— PolitiFact Florida
Oversimplified beyond recognition
BEN CARSON
"We've had examples like in Yuma County, where we've been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish."
— PolitiFact National
There are some exceptions
BEN CARSON
There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."
— PolitiFact National
Immunizations don't exist for trivial illnesses
BEN CARSON
There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
— PolitiFact Georgia
Leading medical experts agree on vaccination schedule
BEN CARSON
Pediatricians have cut down on the number and proximity of vaccines because they recognize there have been "too many in too short a period of time."
— PolitiFact Florida
Defining border security is subjective
BEN CARSON
Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control."
— PolitiFact National
More like a promise not to attack
BEN CARSON
"Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."
— PolitiFact National
Not enough criminal justice figures available for 18-24 age group
BEN CARSON
"There are more young black males involved in the criminal justice system than there are in higher education."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin
More, but not double
BEN CARSON
"We spent twice as much per capita for health care in this country as the next closest nation."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire
A researcher called the claim 'insane'
BEN CARSON
"A lot of people who go into prison straight, and when they come out they’re gay."
— PolitiFact National
