Ben Carson continues as one of the least helpful surrogates in recent memory with this gem attempting to defend Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski:
Carson defends Lewandowski by telling @JohnBerman "you've probably been charged with something too" To which he responds "I actually havent"
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/gabriellahope_/status/718112150586318848
No, Ben … not everyone has “probably been charged with something, too.”
Here’s the video. Check out how the hosts just look at each other, stunned, when Carson makes his accusation:
Then there was the time Ben Carson suggested I committed a crime…on TV.https://t.co/ZZP7tAZ8Lz
— John Berman (@JohnBerman) April 7, 2016
And using this rationale, Lewandowski could have stabbed Michelle Fields with a knife as long as it hit her belt buckle.
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/718101787547406336
It's also a lousy defense. https://t.co/7UjTDGwu1G
— Emily J Gertz (@ejgertz) April 7, 2016
#awkward https://t.co/S9EwjdqcvA
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) April 7, 2016
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