The Real Carson Controversy

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said on Sunday that the news media are missing the big picture when it comes to controversies over Dr. Ben Carson. The Republican White House hopeful has faced a flurry of questions over whether he embellished his biography. But Sanders said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that decades-old details about Carson's personal story aren't nearly as significant as his views on major issues confronting Americans and the world today.

"When you look at Dr. Carson, to the best of my knowledge, this man does not believe that climate change is caused by human activity. This man wants to abolish Medicare, impacting tens of millions of seniors, and this man wants to give huge tax breaks to the rich. I think it might be a better idea, I know it's a crazy idea, but maybe we focus on the issues impacting the American people," Sanders said.

"I think the reason that so many people are turned off to the political process has a lot to do with the fact that we're not talking about the real issues impacting real people."

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