Ben Carson: America Is A Cruise Ship That's About To Go Over Niagara Falls

lnelson@politico.com (Louis Nelson), Politico
Mon, 05/30/2016 - 6:18am

Ben Carson didn’t hold back Monday morning describing the direction he sees the United States going.“America right now is like a cruise ship that is about to go off of Niagara Falls with tremendous carnage and death,” the former GOP presidential candidate warned during a Memorial Day appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”The retired neurosurgeon’s prescription for a country headed off a cliff?

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