RUSH: [They say] join these protests than to protect themselves from the virus because systemic racism is far more potentially damaging to the country than the virus is. “Forget what we told you about social distancing! You need to get out and join the protests,” and they say black lives matter? CARSON: (chuckling) Obviously, the only thing that matters to them is power. And, you know, what we’re dealing with here are people who don’t like our system of government. They want to change it to something different. They believe in a system where you give all power to the government, and the government takes care of you from cradle to grave. RUSH: Ostensibly, yeah. CARSON: That has appealed to so many people over the course of time, and it never works. That’s the problem. And here we have it full-fledged coming to our country. But I personally believe that the American people are gonna be smart enough to figure out what’s happening. And they’re not gonna want to give away what we have in this country, something that… This is a destination spot for people all over the world. You have people forming caravans trying to get in here. Other places are forming caravans trying to get out. You know, this is a great place. We need to preserve it. Has it been perfect? No. Because it’s inhabited by imperfect people. We learn from the things that are not right, and we improve upon them. RUSH: Well, they say it’s “irredeemable,” sir. They say because of slavery, the original sin, that America can’t be fixed, that it does need to be junked and reconstituted from the very beginning. CARSON: Well, does the whole world need to be scrapped? Because slavery has been going on almost since there have been people. It’s still going on today. So, yes, it was a horrible thing. I won’t deny that. It was a horrible thing! But the fact of the matter is, we paid a horrible price for it. ... I will readily admit that. But you have to also recognize that this is a nation that has given more opportunities to more people, created all kinds of things that have been beneficial to mankind.

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