CNN to Carson: You ‘Tough’ Enough to Kill Thousands of Children?

Scott Whitlock | December 15, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] In a bizarre exchange, co-debate moderator Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday night pressed Ben Carson as to whether he was “tough” enough to kill thousands of children. Hewitt lectured, “ We're talking about ruthless things tonight. Carpet bombing, toughness, war. And people wonder, could you do that?” The radio host and CNN contributor continued, “Could you order air strikes that would kill innocent children by not the scores, but the hundreds and the thousands? Could you wage war as a commander in chief?” After relating how, as a doctor, it’s better to do the job efficiently and powerfully, Hewitt demanded, “So you are okay with the deaths of thousands of innocent children and civilians?”

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