Maher: How Can Ben Carson ‘Be Brilliant and a Total F*cking Idiot at the Same Time’?

In his Overtime segment last night, Bill Maher discussed the popularity of Ben Carson in the Republican presidential race, calling him “the soft-spoken Donald Trump.”

Maher called him “super-crazy” for a brilliant neurosurgeon and remarked, “I will never understand that divide in people’s minds, how you can be brilliant and a total fucking idiot at the same time.”

He also went after Carson for using “one anecdotal moment” about the border to declare he knows exactly what’s wrong with the immigration crisis.

He and some of his guests surmised that the GOP support for Carson is because they want to “look like they like a black person.”

Watch the full segment below, via HBO:

[image via screengrab]

— —

Follow Josh Feldman on Twitter: @feldmaniac

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!