Investigations continue into Ben Carson’s claims that he was held up at gunpoint at a Popeye’s restaurant, and told the gunman he should rob the cashier instead. Evidence indicates he made the incident up. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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“The internet is never short on figures to debunk, whether it be a Muslim kid who allegedly “built” a “clock,” a black guy who “says” he’s “black,” another black guy who insists he was born in America, or in the latest example, a retired brain surgeon who says he was threatened at gunpoint during an armed robbery and did the most cowardly thing possible.

Republican presidential heel-nipper Ben Carson joined the ranks of distrusted people of color this week when he recounted the tale of an armed robbery, during which he provided the gunman with valuable supervisory assistance.”