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Goldberg: 'You have aligned yourself with the man who has bashed women, made countless racist remarks - you're Ben Carson, why would you align yourself with that?'

Carson: 'Well, you know, you have to look at the good and the bad. There is no perfect person. But you look at when Donald Trump first went down to the Palm Beach area, a lot of the [golf] clubs down there would not accept Jews and blacks. He insisted on Jews and blacks and helped to break that open.'

Carson: 'So, has he said some things that I wouldn't say or that you wouldn't say? Of course.'

Sunny Hostin:, 'He was also sued by the Justice Department in the 70s for not allowing black tenants into his properties and he settled with the Justice Department. Even though he did not admit any wrongdoing, it's very clear to us in the law that means that there was something amiss. The notion that he is a fan of the African-American community is maybe off base.'

Carson: 'I have met a lot of his employees and a lot are African American and they have nothing but good things to say.' Carson said that he liked that Trump was not 'beholden' to the political machine in Washington DC'

Goldberg: 'You can say that until the cows come home, sir. I'm sorry, he's a racist and he's not good for the country. ou're Ben Carson! You're so much better than this!'

Carson: 'And that's the very reason I'm doing this, because I'm thinking about the big picture. 'Could I focus only on racial issues? Absolutely. Could I focus on only women's issues? Absolutely. I could look at any one little thing. But right now the nature of our country is at stake. We are on a precipice and we are determining what kind of nation we are going to be. A nation of, for and by the people, or a nation of the government.'

Behar asked how Carson could support Trump after he compared him [Carson] to a child molester.

Carson: 'If it were about me, I would be offended. But it's about America. We have to save this nation.'

Behar: 'But he's a liar. Unless you say that he's a child molester, then he's a liar. Do you want a liar for the presidency?'

Carson: 'Tell me a politician who doesn't tell lies.'

Behar asked if it was right for Trump to say there would be riots if he was not chosen as the Republican nominee at the convention.

Carson: 'That's really not the point. People on the right don't do that, people on the left do that.'

Goldberg [about Heidi Cruz]: 'If he had spoken to your wife the way he had spoken to some of these women, would you take that, sir?'

Carson: 'Let me tell you something. When you’re very nice, when you’re very respectful, you talk about the real issues and not get into all of these issues, where does it get you? It gets you where it got me. Nowhere.'

Goldberg: 'Is that what this is about? It can't be about that.'

Carson: 'Here's my point. He and some of the other politicians, they do what people want. They say what people want to hear. What I have to do is look at who is most likely to oppose the ruling class that is ruining our country.'

Goldberg: 'That’s how Hitler got in, sir. That's how Hitler got in.'

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Trump [via Twitter] '@TheView T.V. show, which is failing so badly that it will soon be taken off the air, is constantly asking me to go on. I TELL THEM "NO".'