With President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet already taking shape, some Americans are excited, though many others are considerably nervous. Count Maryland’s own Sen. Ben Cardin, Senator-elect Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Steny Hoyer among those on the nervous side.
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Ben Carson: “Only in America” Do We Have Morning Talk Shows
Dr. Ben Carson has not allowed the suspension of his campaign for president to keep him from his favorite pastime: making often offensive — but always mystifying — public statements.
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Baltimorean Reed Cordish Reportedly in Talks to Join Trump Administration
In the 1970s, a Baltimorean named David Cordish joined President Jimmy Carter’s administration to help the president focus on ways to revitalize cities. This year, one of Cordish’s sons is drawing attention as a likely candidate to follow in his footsteps by joining the administration of President-elect Donald Trump. Reed Cordish, a principal in the […]
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Ben Carson Cancels on Tonight’s GOP Debate in Detroit
Not seeing “a political path forward in light of last evening’s Super Tuesday primary results,” Ben Carson has announced he will not be taking the stage at tonight’s GOP presidential debate in his hometown of Detroit. Carson did not officially suspend his campaign.
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Ben Carson Will Be in Baltimore for Super Tuesday Results
After talking up “These Hands” at last week’s debate, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is set to return to the city where he came to fame as a pediatric neurosurgeon to watch the returns come in for today’s Super Tuesday primary.
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Ben Carson Was on Fire Last Night
Polling at a distant fifth in the Republican presidential primary race, Ben Carson only managed about 10 minutes of speaking time at Thursday night’s debate. But boy did he make it count!
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Ben Carson Finally Gets a Congressional Endorsement
After a dismal showing in New Hampshire, many pundits expected Ben Carson to drop out of the race to become the Republican nominee for president. One member of Congress saw this, for some reason, as the perfect time to offer an endorsement for Carson.
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Ben Carson Has His Own Garbage Pail Kids Card
Oh, the indignity of running for president.
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SNL Spoofs Carson’s Endorsement of Trump
Ben Carson got roughed up at a Trump rally. Well, not the real Ben Carson.
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The Media Send Off Carson with Contrasting Political Obituaries
Was Ben Carson’s campaign for president an “anti-climactic” failure or a “big success”? Did he distinguish himself as someone who kept “an even keel” or “just [showed] up places and [said] whatever”? Thanks to the different media assessments on Carson’s now suspended campaign, we can all agree to disagree, forever and ever. Here are four […]
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Ben Carson Was “Horrified” by His Own Rap Ad
If last year’s pro-Ben Carson rap radio spot had you scratching your head, you weren’t the only one. Speaking at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Carson himself disavowed the ad, assuring the audience he was “horrified” when he finally heard it.
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Ben Carson Starts Hilariously Awkward GOP Debate Moment
Marco Rubio may have earned a Golden Raspberry at Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate when he repeated a canned talking point like a malfunctioning robot, but Ben Carson initiated a cascade of cringe comedy when he failed to take his place on stage after his name was called.
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Carson Ends His Debate Performance with a Debunked Stalin Quote
Saturday’s GOP debate was nuts all around. The moderators maintained very little control, as the candidates slung mud (and anything else handy) at each other in desperate plays to break away from the pack. But Hopkins’s own Dr, Ben Carson managed to distinguish himself by closing with a fake (and already Snopes’d) quote from Josef […]
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At Debate, Ben Carson Confuses a Person for a Country, One for Two
This one nonsensical statement from Ben Carson is the best thing to have happened to Twitter in a while.
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SNL Lampoons Ben Carson, Hides Larry Hogan Easter Egg in Cold Open
Saturday Night Live‘s take on former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson in its GOP debate parody stuck to charted territory but boasted a few worthwhile moments.
