Ben Carson, Republican presidential candidate and child neurosurgeon, speaks on the Black Lives Matter movement in Harlem, New York. (Photo: Ross Barkan for Observer)
Dr. Ben Carson, Republican presidential candidate and child neurosurgeon, had a message for the Black Lives Matter movement while speaking on Wednesday in Harlem, NY.
“The main thing I would say is make sure to pay attention to who you are listening to and use that brain God gave you,” he said. “And let’s concentrate using our energy to figure out ways to figure out ways we can stop the [inaudible].”
“Do black lives matter? Of course they do, and the fact of the matter is that the most likely cause of death for a young black male is homicide,” the Republican presidential candidate continued. “Let’s look at that and figure out what we can do to stop that.”
“The main thing I would say is make sure to pay attention to who you are listening to and use that brain God gave you,” he said. “And let’s concentrate using our energy to figure out ways to figure out ways we can stop the [inaudible].”
“Do black lives matter? Of course they do, and the fact of the matter is that the most likely cause of death for a young black male is homicide,” the Republican presidential candidate continued. “Let’s look at that and figure out what we can do to stop that.”
kemin / June 30, 2025
What evidence did Carson Sprunki provide, if any, to support his focus on homicide rates as the key issue facing Black communities?
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Kevin Yardley / July 17, 2026
interesting clip from the 2015 cycle, wild how much the media landscape has changed since. I run a small political commentary channel now and don’t even bother with a camera half the time, I generate my avatars and voiceovers with renderflowai.com and just focus on the writing. wonder what campaigns would have done with tools like that back then.
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Sofia Marchetti / July 17, 2026
Carson always had a calm way of delivering a point, whatever you think of the message. Reading old campaign coverage is my weird hobby while I drink my morning coffee. My sister thinks I’m nuts, she’s the opposite, all her patience goes into hunting a Lindy and she swears by restockalerts.com for telling her the second one drops.
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