Ben Carson: ‘When God Is With Us, Nobody Can Stand Against Us’

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson delivered a rousing speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday in which he invoked faith to uplift America.

The famous neurosurgeon-turned-politician said, in part:

I have no doubt that God lowered a shield of protection over President Trump. And I join millions of Americans in thanksgiving for President Trump’s safety. I encourage you to join me praying each day for his continued protection. Our hearts go out to the victims in the audience. Let’s pray for them and their families.
These events have brought unusual clarity to the times we are living in. We have all harbored the nagging feeling that everything we love is slipping away. All you have to do is turn on the television. The free press, a pillar of any free society, has abused the public trust and resorted to lies, deception and disinformation. They divide us along lines of race, class, and gender, rather than uniting us around our shared bond as Americans. Our government has been no better — shredding our Constitution and upending the rule of law. We have a wide open border, a broken education system, and chaos breaking out around the world. On top of it all, we have a president who — well, if you can’t say anything good, don’t say anything at all.

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I feel blessed that I have been able to live the American dream. But my story is moving further out of reach in America today. The lessons my mother taught me — like hard work; and the value of well-rounded, patriotic education; and faith in God above all else, are being forced out of the public square. We are all here today because we know we can bring these things back. [Applause]

By God’s grace, we live in a country where the people rule. We have the power to choose the kind of nation we want to be, and the kind of men and women who will lead us. And today, the choice could not be more clear.

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