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Carson: I Won't Respond to Trump If He Attacks
CNN ^ | 10/23/2015 | Eugene Scott

Posted on 10/24/2015 12:02:19 PM PDT by conservativejoy

 "If he does attack me, I'll continue to talk about issues," Carson said Trump previously said that he would start attacking Carson given the retired neurosurgeon's rise in the polls

Washington (CNN)—Although Ben Carson is leading in several Iowa polls this week, he said he doesn't plan to respond to Donald Trump if the mogul attacks him.

"If he does attack me, I'll continue to talk about issues. I just really don't buy into the attack-your-fellow-Republicans thing. I'm just not going to do that," Carson said Friday on Bloomberg's "With All Due Respect."

RELATED: Two Iowa polls show Ben Carson ahead of Donald Trump

Trump previously said that he would start attacking Carson given the retired neurosurgeon's rise in the polls.

"Probably. At some point, yes, which I actually look forward to doing," Trump said on ABC's "Good Morning America" last week, adding that at the moment, "I can't do it. He's been so nice to me."

And Carson said Friday that the real estate mogul has also been nice to him.

"My personal interactions with him have shown him to be a gentleman," Carson said. "I think there's another element sometimes when he's on camera."

RELATED: Donald Trump: 'I actually look forward' to attacking Ben Carson

Carson said the biggest issues that differentiate him from Trump are their tax plans and immigration stances. Unlike Trump, Carson is not in favor of deporting undocumented immigrants, but favors a path to legal status.

Carson also believes all residents should pay taxes, whereas Trump wants to exclude the poorest Americans from having to pay taxes.

The retired neurosurgeon also commented on the Benghazi hearings, saying that Hillary Clinton was caught "lying."

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 2016election; amnesty; bencarson; carson4amnesty; carson4illegals; carson4mexico; election2016; newyork; trump
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To: conservativejoy

Somebody should call Carson out on his opposition to using the military against Al Qaeda after 9/11. He was urging Bush to just keep negotiating with the Taliban to turn OBL over. That puts him to the left of Hillary and John Kerry, over with Dennis Kucinich.


21 posted on 10/24/2015 12:29:55 PM PDT by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: livius
No,

No? So Jeb Bush isn't a low energy amnesty pimp and loser? Carson is't a low energy amnesty pimp and loser? Rubio isn't a sweaty amnesty pimp and loser?

As for the "inherited" his wealth thing. You out yourself as having no idea of what you speak! Trump inherited maybe 200 million from his dad. What's he worth now?

22 posted on 10/24/2015 12:30:00 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Linda’s still mad about the cell phone.


23 posted on 10/24/2015 12:33:00 PM PDT by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: livius

Then you need to vote for Fiorini. Oh, wait, she’s out of money and her poll #s are lower than a snake’s belly.


24 posted on 10/24/2015 12:36:03 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: conservativejoy

RELATED: Donald Trump: ‘I actually look forward’ to attacking Ben Carson
SO OUT OF CONTEXT


25 posted on 10/24/2015 12:38:00 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (When the MSM and Elites want your opinion they will give it to you.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Also, remember Trump was not an only child. His parents’ money was divided between 3 and 4 kids as I remember. No conservative/Republican should be against inherited wealth.


26 posted on 10/24/2015 12:38:23 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: conservativejoy

Sorry Ben you have to go. You are not the guy.


27 posted on 10/24/2015 12:40:50 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Kenny

I have to agree. His business experience and success have taught him to attack problems from multiple directions at once, and do it in a cost effective fashion.

Politicians don’t think that way, they think you spend your way out of problems.


28 posted on 10/24/2015 12:42:56 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: conservativejoy
"If he does attack me,"""....

That has a ring of "don't throw me in da Briar Patch". Please, please Donald please attack me first.

29 posted on 10/24/2015 12:47:55 PM PDT by annieokie
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To: Hugin

How can any honest, thinking person not see his Pacifism as a problem? You have given the perfect example of the conflict between Carson’s faith and his ability to be Commander in Chief.

Thanks!


30 posted on 10/24/2015 12:51:59 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: livius

Ooh, now we get to the bottom of your hatred - his money! You are jealous. Yes, you are! You might be better off in the D party - they love the class warfare crap.


31 posted on 10/24/2015 12:52:48 PM PDT by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: conservativejoy

I got a robo phone call from someone today wanting me to vote for Carson and I don’t even live in Iowa. I hate unsolicited calls.


32 posted on 10/24/2015 1:26:58 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: McGruff

My husband got one this week, too. We had just learned of Carson’s faith based requirement of Pacifism, urging only non combatant military roles. My husband asked the lady with the Carson campaign how a Pacifist could be an effective Commander in Chief. She was speechless and he signed off with “Have a nice day.”


33 posted on 10/24/2015 1:36:32 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

By 1989, Donald Trump lost any money he inherited because of a bad real estate market.

Back then, so the story goes, Mr. Trump and his daughter Ivanka were walking down a street in Manhattan when they came across a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk with his back against the wall.

Trump turned to his daughter and said, “That man has a higher net worth than I do.”

“But dad,” Ivanka exclaimed, “That man has nothing.”

“He may have nothing,” Trump stated, “But my net worth is less than his, because I have a negative net worth.” Or words of a similar nature.

Obviously, Trump was able to turn it all around and recovered nicely over the years. And he has provided jobs for countless men and women.


34 posted on 10/24/2015 1:51:38 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Register liberals, not guns!)
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To: conservativejoy

Being Carson is SDA will he respond if Russia or ISIS or China or _____ attacks?


35 posted on 10/24/2015 2:18:11 PM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: livius

You’d rather vote for a guy who tells robbers to point the gun at the kid behind the counter. Talk about no class and lack of character.


36 posted on 10/24/2015 3:02:08 PM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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