Ben Carson has repeatedly claimed he was offered a full scholarship from West Point. He conveys the story in at least two other books, “You Have a Brain” and “Take the Risk.” Carson repeated his West Point claim as recently as Aug. 13, when he fielded questions from supporters on Facebook.
And in October, Carson shared the story with Charlie Rose: “I had a goal of achieving the office of city executive officer [in JROTC]. Well, no one had ever done that in that amount of time … Long story short, it worked, I did it. I was offered full scholarship to West Point, got to meet General Westmoreland, go to Congressional Medal dinners, but decided really my pathway would be medicine.”
West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.
HE LIED> Yes, politico understood his campaign saying "He considered it but in the end did not seek admission.” WHICH very clearly shows no scholarship COULD have been offered. No apply, no offer, silly.
SO yeah, politico made that connection, which of course, carson denied and gave all the repubs a boner of "oh, we got the media!" But 4 hours later, Carson denied every being offered, denied even applying.
he lied in his book, on facebook, and on that tv appearance. You can hate politico for breaking it 4 hours before carson did, but they were correct, and he validated them.
Carson is a mess. He lies nonstop.