Ben Carson likens Obama to psychopath
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Feb. 26, 2015: Ben Carson speaks in National Harbor, Md. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Ben Carson has called President Obama a lot of names. In a newly published magazine profile, he adds psychopath to that list.
The comment was published in an article in GQ, which described a conversation the potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate had as he prepared to watch Obama’s State of the Union address in January.
His “image-maker” and adviser, Armstrong Williams, said as the show started: “He looks good. … He looks clean. Shirt’s white. The tie. He looks elegant.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Like most psychopaths,” Carson responded, according to the article. “That’s why they’re successful. That’s the way they look. They all look great.”
Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon known for his strident criticism of the Obama administration, is weighing a presidential bid.
But the political newcomer has also found himself in hot water for past off-the-cuff remarks. Earlier this month, he apologized after saying in a CNN interview that inmates’ behavior in prisons proves that homosexuality is a choice.