Things were sort of calm in the beginning. Carson was talking about his endorsement of Donald Trump, which he didn’t see as anything remarkable or shocking. (Even he has said he is bummed he endorsed Trump, but what’s done is done.)
He was in the middle of a defense of Trump based on how well his kids behave when Joy Behar jumped in and reminded him that Donald Trump Jr. hunts big-game animals for sport. That was the beginning of the end for Carson.
He dismissed Behar but Whoopi Goldberg just wasn’t having it after that. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but he’s a racist! And he’s not good for the
She went on to hammer the renowned neurosurgeon:
You’re Ben Carson! You’re so much better than this!
Then, the ball was back in Behar’s court. She told Carson it was fine it he wanted to gloss over Trump’s racist and misogynistic remarks, but asked how he could justify all of the awful things Trump had said about him. She referenced the time Trump compared Carson to a child molester. He brushed that off, also.
Finally, before the commercial break, he was asked about Trump’s passive-aggressive attack on Ted Cruz‘s wife. Again, he dodged.
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