Carsonism

Carsonisms are unconventional words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, and semantic or linguistic errors in the public speaking of retired American neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
Notable Statements
* “Anyone caught involved in voter fraud should be immediately deported and have his citizenship revoked." - from Carson's collection of columns
* "You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery," Carson said Friday. "And it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control." - at the Values Voter Summit, Washington, D.C., 2013
* "There may be so much anarchy going on." - in an interview with Alan Colmes, 2014
* "I think what’s happening with the veterans is a gift from God to show us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the health care provider." - in reference to VA scandals when explaining why a Department of Veteran Affairs was unnecessary, 2015
* "As we get the economy moving, and I hope I get a question about how do we get the economy moving, there will be a lot more opportunities for poor people not to be poor people because this is America." - 2015

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