Ben Carson: Trump Helps My Run Because ‘Fewer People Talking About My Lack of Political Experience’

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Republican presidential candidate and former Johns Hopkin neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson said Donald Trump’s rise as an outsider without political experience has helped him because,” fewer people are talking about my lack of political experience now.”

When asked about Trump’s candidacy, Carson said, “I think it’s a tremendous help. It’s a tremendous aid because fewer people are talking about my lack of political experience now. And that’s good, because, you know, experience can come from a variety of different places, and certainly the life that you have led. You know, in my case, solving complex problems, being involved in corporate America, starting a national nonprofit, you get an enormous amount of experience doing these things, particularly in solving problems. And, you know, it’s an erroneous thought that only political experience is expedient.”

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