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To: i-node who wrote (863006)6/6/2015 1:17:23 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1578719
 
"Only liberals can think the man is in "hot water" after he says something.."

Only deniers deny somebody is in hot water when he backtracks as fast as he can. Did you get this far?

Carson's comments were widely reported, and caused an immediate backlash on social media.





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Ben Carson: Many prisoners go in straight, come out gay. False! t.co

4:20 PM - 4 Mar 2015

Hours later, Carson issued a formal apology in which he stated that he "realized that my choice of language does not reflect fully my heart on gay issues."

"I do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation. I regret that my words to express that concept were hurtful and divisive. For that I apologize unreservedly to all that were offended," Carson's statement read.

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