Noah to Carson: As You’re a Man of Morals and Religion, Why Trump?

‘In endorsing Donald Trump, does that not go slightly against what you stand for?’

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The host of "The Daily Show," Trevor Noah asked Dr. Carson last night how "as a man or morals and religion" he can support Donald Trump. 

Here's the transcript:

NOAH: "Let me ask this question -- because you are a man of morals, deeply religious -- a man like Donald Trump doesn't seem like the best bed fellow, for lack of a better term. The things he says, the way he refers to different nationalities, groups of people, very inflammatory statements. In endorsing Donald Trump, does that not go slightly against what you stand for?"
CARSON: "Well, you know, one of the things you learn to do as a surgeon is make decisions, and you have to be able to prioritize. What I'm most concerned about is the thing that led me into the race in the first place, and you were just talking about it, the amount of corruption that goes on in our country, and I don't want to see the same status quo continue, be it Republican or Democrat. It's all the same, and they always have flowering things to say, but we continue down the same road. I want an outsider, I want somebody not beholden to this corrupt system because I believe that's the only chance the next generation has."

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