GOP candidate Ben Carson is certainly getting his share of attention from commentators on the left these days, all of it negative.
First, there was the hit piece that Politico did on him, which backfired bigtime.
The latest full-frontal assault is way dumber than a quibble over whether Carson received an offer to attend West Point. It was delivered by Oliver Willis, a “research fellow” at the George Soros-funded Media Matters, a group so radical that it once declared “guerilla war” against Fox News.
On Friday, Willis tweeted:
seriously though we need to see ben carson's long-form medical degree
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
That tweet appears to have been in response to this:
Dr. Ben Carson, Board Certified Brain Surgeon. Ron and Rand Paul Board of Brain Surgery. https://t.co/T5gqlkuOhB
— The 757 Progressive (@hrprogressive) November 7, 2015
Willis wasn’t finished, however:
we dont know if ben carson is just three toddlers in a medical coat
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
ben carson has the same shut eyes as the alien from "third rock from the sun" (french stewart). maybe he's an alien. pic.twitter.com/CtKEKa0QIa
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
"well honestly 'doctor' is just a nickname that caught on, i simply passed by a medical school in a process i call 'graduation'"
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
"i understand one becomes a doctor when people refer to you as 'doctor' is this not correct?"
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
"i refer to oranges as 'brains' when i said i was a brain surgeon this was in reference to cutting oranges with my breakfast"
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
part of me is praying ben carson is lying about being black, rachel dolezal style
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
Willis later claimed that his barrage of tweets was all in jest:
ben carson fans in from no sense of humor twitter https://t.co/Wpi7wYnmBR
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 7, 2015
In fact, it’s all part of the effort to demonize anyone to the right of Josef Stalin. One person observed:
@ImOverIt69 @owillis thing is, the left can attack Ben Carson and it's "humor", but when the right does it to Obama it's "racism"
— Ryan (@Ghost0fSparta85) November 7, 2015
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