BEN CARSON I USED TO BE A FLAMING LIBERAL ON THE DAILY SIGNAL

BEN CARSON I USED TO BE A FLAMING LIBERAL ON THE DAILY SIGNAL

The Daily Signal's Genevieve Wood speaks with Dr. Ben Carson about the Planned Parenthood scandal, his views on America's growing debt and how to explain the liberal brain.

Machine Generated Transcript, expect errors. 0:05 now conservative had not spent as much time 0:07 may be in the minority communities as they should have but one organization 0:11 that has in its currently in the news is planned Parenthood 0:14 I as you well know over seventy percent of their clinics Marie minority 0:18 base communities personal I know your outrage by but by what's been going on 0:23 the scandal 0:24 but do you think this is something that may resonate with the black community 0:28 they hear what's been going on they see what's been going on 0:31 well i I certainly hope so and I hope as they began to 0:35 maybe explore the history a Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger 0:40 and some in the attitudes that people had 0:43 in terms limiting a 0:47 in our population those people that they felt perhaps 0:50 were not as contributory to the well-being 0:54 over community basically equipped to 0:57 eliminate certain elements blacks being one of them 1:01 you been on the campaign trail now for a number of months 1:05 I along this started out with people saying this guy knows we talk about when 1:08 it comes to health care could see the doctor and you you stood up on Obamacare 1:12 were what are the issues a top two or three that you think are most 1:15 challenging 1:17 country right now I think a are the business 1:20 is a huge and threatens to destroy us 1:24 and I think that there are those who actually 1:27 stoked the fires and division and I think our fiscal irresponsibility 1:32 I its its 1:36 unbelievable really no one can 1:39 can lives through this time a 1:43 irresponsibility for very long 1:46 and you know we think we're doing okay but I i guarantee you 1:50 if Greece can't print money they would think they were okay to 1:55 but they wouldn't be your brain surgeon neurosurgeon I should thank 1:58 %ah so I've always want asking this question I know what our audience would 2:02 love to know the answer 2:03 how do you explain the liberal 2:06 brain how'd that work I 2:10 well I used to have one I 2:13 on yellow paper I I used to be 2:17 a flaming liberal you know I grew up in Detroit 2:21 its liberal stronghold when PL University 2:25 in liberal Bastion came back meant in Baltimore 2:30 after being in Ann Arbor another liberal Bastion 2:34 and I probably would continue 2:37 you know to drink too liberal cool a a 2:41 except then I started seeing so many people 2:45 I'm in my practice 2:48 who were dependent upon the government 2:52 who were able-bodied people mice that what in the world that's going on 2:56 and I started listening to ronald reagan 2:59 which was a no no because as a liberal 3:03 you can't possibly this name thing up our apartment 3:07 has to say and we were told that they were races hormone 3:11 big people that you should steer clear of them 3:14 extend this new anyone saying he didn't sound 3:18 like any the things that they were saying this out like a logical person 3:22 and you know I my mind 3:26 changed so you know it wasn't a diseased brain 3:30 it was just a brain that had been fed the raw material and 3:35 you can reap Robert program it that's the good thing but 3:38 you know things that I talk about if you listen to them carefully 3:41 they're not really Republican or Democrat 3:44 things their American things 3:48 we talk about America and there is something 3:52 very special about this nation a 3:56 have you ever notice that there's something on the American dream 4:00 is there anything call me englishman where the French 4:04 during or the Nigerian to remove the Brazilian Jim known there isn't there's 4:07 only an American dream 4:09 and if you don't abide by the principles 4:12 that made us who we are your un-american 4:15 can you be on French or on Portuguese 4:19 or on Spanish no there is something very special 4:23 about this country and we should share shit and we should develop 4:28 back to Carson thank you very much