During the debate this Wednesday, Ben Carson was questioned for his support and relationship with a dietary supplement company, Mannatech, that is said to cure cancer and autism. Carson denied this accusation and claimed that he may have done a couple of paid speeches that do not matter because he does many paid speeches for many companies. He claimed that it was "absurd" to call it a relationship.
Even though this is what Carson claims, there is proof that he has been taking their products for over a decade. The last speech for them was in 2013. Ben Carson also credited the products by Mannatech and claimed that they are the reason his cancer symptoms are disappearing.
The fact that Carson did not mention any of the above information really makes me question his integrity and honesty. Those are qualities any president should have and he is lacking. If he is going to hide something like that, who says he won't hide anything more important that the people of this country would deserve to know. If Ben Carson had significant results from this product, why would he deny his extensive use of their product to begin with? Should he not be congratulating them and promoting them? Dr. Carson has a lot to explain since this news came out and I am interested to see how he will respond.
Even though this is what Carson claims, there is proof that he has been taking their products for over a decade. The last speech for them was in 2013. Ben Carson also credited the products by Mannatech and claimed that they are the reason his cancer symptoms are disappearing.
The fact that Carson did not mention any of the above information really makes me question his integrity and honesty. Those are qualities any president should have and he is lacking. If he is going to hide something like that, who says he won't hide anything more important that the people of this country would deserve to know. If Ben Carson had significant results from this product, why would he deny his extensive use of their product to begin with? Should he not be congratulating them and promoting them? Dr. Carson has a lot to explain since this news came out and I am interested to see how he will respond.
Although I do agree that it is weird that he wouldn't be honest about his alliance with the company, I don't think his usage of the product is that big of a deal. What he does in his personal life, such as taking dietary supplements, isn't really relevant to how he will perform as a president. I don't support Ben Carson for other reasons, but the CNN article takes such a small detail and blows it out of proportion. Perhaps he has his reasons to why he denies such accusations and it should be left at that.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is important that he did not tell us that he was taking dietary supplements because it makes one wonder as to why he would hide it. Also, like Kelly said if he is hiding something as little as this then who knows what he will hide if he becomes president. Its weird that he would not tell the public that he was taking dietary supplements to cure cancer. I mean wouldn't you promote a company that could possibly have the answer to cancer. There is definetely more to the story that Carson is not letting on.
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