GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said he would be the nation’s first black president because President Barack Obama was “raised white.” In other words, he’s questioning his blackness in public. Where did that get the Republican Party the last time?

More on Ben Carson questioning Obama’s blackness from Politico: “He’s an ‘African’ American. He was, you know, raised white,” said the world-renowned neurosurgeon, whose single mother worked three jobs – and occasionally relied on government aid – to elevate Carson and his older brother from the grinding poverty of ghetto life.

“I mean, like most Americans, I was proud that we broke the color barrier when he was elected, but … he didn’t grow up like I grew up … Many of his formative years were spent in Indonesia. So, for him to, you know, claim that, you know, he identifies with the experience of black Americans, I think, is a bit of a stretch.”

The last time Barack Obama was attacked because of his race, he won the general election by a landslide — twice. And, that’s something Ben Carson will never be.

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Presidential election news cross-posted from The Hinterland Gazette.