Carly Fiorina wasn’t Donald Trump’s only target this morning during his interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. Trump also went after Dr. Ben Carson, who Trump accused of attacking him first last night, and challenged his record on abortion, his faith and believe it or not, his bona fides as a doctor:
This Trump quote is hilarious: "I am a man of faith. I hardly know Ben Carson. I’m a believer, big league, in God. I will hit back on that.”
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) September 10, 2015
.@realDonaldTrump: @RealBenCarson "was heavy into the world of abortion" #TrumpOnCNN http://t.co/aLJPTnnqST @NewDay http://t.co/qx2MPBPDYG
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 10, 2015
Trump: Carson an 'okay doctor' http://t.co/Tb4ivvttQr pic.twitter.com/3MkmvKkXTz
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) September 10, 2015
Carson is just an “okay doctor”? Um, not exactly. Let’s go over some of Carson’s accomplishments:
Let's list Carson's accomplishments as a doctor: graduated Johns Hopkins. Was the director of pediatric neurosurgery there. (1/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
At 33, carson became the youngest major division director in the hospital's history as director of pediatric neurosurgery. (2/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
Carson was a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics. (3/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
In 1987, Carson successfully separated conjoined twins, the Binder twins, who had been joined at the back of the head. (4/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
The 70-member surgical team, led by Carson, worked for 22 hours. Both twins survived. (5/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
Carson figured in the revival of Hemispherectomy, a drastic surg procedure to control severe pediatric epilepsy (6/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
In 2000, Carson received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out by Jefferson Awards. (7/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
Carson is far from being an "ok doctor" as Trump suggests. Talk about his policies fine, but his career speaks for itself (8/ )
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) September 10, 2015
Exactly. Of all the things to say about Carson, going after his past as a doctor is just silly and doesn’t do Trump any favors.
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