HBO host Bill Maher stated conservatives “love their black friend” Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson on Friday’s “Real Time.”

Maher said, “So, on the political front, Ben Carson, now the absolute frontrunner, and getting the scrutiny that the frontrunner gets, and the more we find out how crazy he is, the more the base loves this guy. They love their black friend. Sarah Palin said, liberals just don’t get it. Real Americans have always loved Ben ever since his face was on the box of rice.”

After discussing Carson’s comments on the construction of the pyramids, Maher added, “The real seventh wonder of the world is how Ben Carson ever got out of medical school.”

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