What Ben Carson's Latest Book Tells Us About Political Correctness, Religious Freedom
The Republican candidate's campaign offers an explanation for the uproar caused by his remarks on whether a Muslim could be president.
Republican Ben Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, speaks as he officially announces his candidacy for president of the United States at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts on May 4, 2015, in Detroit.
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Political correctness and Ben Carson do not mix.
Over the weekend, Carson found himself under fire for declaring that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.” On Monday, Carson's business manager said the former neurosurgeon would not apologize for that statement, and, in part, blamed political correctness for the ensuing uproar over it.