Carson Defends Trump Judge Attacks: He Was ‘Talking Out Loud,'

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/TPM

op-flight Donald Trump surrogate Ben Carson made the case Thursday that the real estate mogul was just speaking off the cuff when he attacked an Indiana-born federal judge's Mexican heritage.

“He was probably talking out loud rather than thinking. That’s not a good thing to do when everything you say is going to be analyzed,” Carson told Politico in an interview.

The presumptive GOP nominee has offered no apology for the remarks, which were condemned by many in his own party as wildly inappropriate at best and racist at worst. But Carson said Trump told him during a private meeting at Trump Tower that he thought the attacks indeed were a mistake.

“He fully recognizes that that was not the right thing to say,” Carson told Politico.

Trump’s attacks on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel widened the rift his candidacy has opened in the GOP. While House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) labeled the remarks “the textbook definition” racism, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pointedly refused to use that term.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/carson-defends-trump-judge-attacks-he-was-%E2%80%98talking-out-loud/ar-AAgTh17

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With surrogates like this, who needs attacks from the Democrats?

[Warpy]

1. Just what he needed, a defense from Carson

Uh, doesn't everybody talk out loud?

[pnwmom]

3. There is a sliver of truth in what Carson is saying, but he doesn't have it quite right.

Extroverts talk out loud to discover what they are thinking. Introverts think about what they want to say, and then say it out loud.

That habit can get extroverts in trouble sometimes -- even the good ones, like Joe Biden.

[truthisfreedom]

8. I think he meant "thinking out loud" but who gives a shit.

drumpf is an ass-clown, not a candidate.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. Then how come no one else can hear the voices in my head? NT

[retrowire]

2. And now I'm laughing out loud. nt

[ailsagirl]

5. Isn't he the one who's supposed to be super intelligent??

[Doctor Jack]

6. Off the cuff....for two weeks?

If Trump blurted the attacks out in a private meeting, one time, then maybe this excuse might convince some people. However, spending the first few weeks of the general election campaign on this bizarre side quest that is completely unrelated to the election, that doesn't count as an "off the cuff remark".

[PJMcK]

12. It's Dr. Carson

What can one expect from the jelly-brained doctor? More importantly, does he have any influence at all? Who cares what he has to say about anything? I guess some Evangelicals still see him in a positive light but why he's out in front for Donald Trump baffles me.

[olddad56]

7. Trump is a little like the GWB...

he often uses his outside voice when he means to use his inside voice.

[trusty elf]

9. ...

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[mwb970]

10. They are all just so damn STUPID. /nt

[cynzke]

11. LISTEN TO THE EXPERT!

Ben "Mr. I Don't Think Before Speaking" Carson.

[Sunlei]

13. Republicans still try to make headlines with their Doctor quitter and failure bigot disaster!

Tabloid crap isn't news.

[Chemisse]

14. So Trump's mistake is saying out loud the despicable things that he is thinking?

That's the only thing about Trump that is good! You don't have to just suspect he is a racist - you know for sure, because he keeps saying racist things.

[riversedge]

15. That is about it. And Carson looks as foolish as trump!

[thesquanderer]

16. Wasn't there an SNL skit where "Carson" said something like "did I say that out loud?"

Yes, speaking out loud gets these folks in trouble all the time.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

17. Yeah, fuck you Uncle Ruckus! nt

[tom_kelly]

18. This guy performed surgeries on

real, live humans?

[tclambert]

19. He's right, it's trouble whenever Trump talks out loud.

[Iggo]

20. How can a brain surgeon be so fucking stupid?

[skypilot]

22. "...probably talking out loud rather than thinking."

I just laughed and stopped reading after that part.