Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil Hydroworld Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries Ben Carson rips 'woke' changes to Christmas songs as political correctness worsens By: FOXNews.com December 24, 2022 at 04:00 AM EST Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson sounded off on 'Hannity' after the latest woke news out of England and the United States. Former HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson sounded off Friday on the latest piece of "woke" news, this time from England where one church rewrote the lyrics to "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" to include stanzas like "God Rest You Queer and Questioning."On "Hannity," Carson recalled how he spoke at the 1997 National Prayer Breakfast, where even then he voiced concern about the creep of political correctness."[I said that] if we continued along that pathway, it was going to destroy our nation. It has continued to get worse. Now it's morphed into wokeness," he said."And we have a situation on our college campuses where students are afraid to express themselves. Conservative students are colleges supposed to be a place where you explore, and you have an opportunity to discuss certain things so that you can determine which way you're going."OMNIBUS BILL RIPPED AS ATTEMPT TO BRAND GOP AS CHRISTMAS ‘SCROOGE’Carson said the overarching issue is that people's freedom of speech is being shut down, whether it be by Big Tech, social media or college professors on progressive campuses."If the government is compliant with that, it's the same as if they're doing it. And we, the American people should be outraged about that," he said.BIDEN'S CHRISTMAS ‘UNITY’ MESSAGE PANNED BY CRITICS"Our freedoms come from God: that's stated in our Declaration of Independence. And yet we're allowing them to be taken away from us."Carson later pivoted to the omnibus spending bill recently passed through Congress, saying that all of the earmarks and programs it funds are not the ones the government is supposed to focus on for the good of the people.CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Most people don't even know their neighbors anymore," he later added. "[We] don't even know what their names are… All of these things are changing us from the dynamic and innovative people that we used to be.""We had a system that encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Most of the big inventions in the world came from the United States of America. But if everybody is thinking the same way and saying the same things, where's that out of the box thinking that's going to allow us to continue to be that beacon?" Carson asked. Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Ben Carson rips 'woke' changes to Christmas songs as political correctness worsens By: FOXNews.com December 24, 2022 at 04:00 AM EST Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson sounded off on 'Hannity' after the latest woke news out of England and the United States. Former HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson sounded off Friday on the latest piece of "woke" news, this time from England where one church rewrote the lyrics to "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" to include stanzas like "God Rest You Queer and Questioning."On "Hannity," Carson recalled how he spoke at the 1997 National Prayer Breakfast, where even then he voiced concern about the creep of political correctness."[I said that] if we continued along that pathway, it was going to destroy our nation. It has continued to get worse. Now it's morphed into wokeness," he said."And we have a situation on our college campuses where students are afraid to express themselves. Conservative students are colleges supposed to be a place where you explore, and you have an opportunity to discuss certain things so that you can determine which way you're going."OMNIBUS BILL RIPPED AS ATTEMPT TO BRAND GOP AS CHRISTMAS ‘SCROOGE’Carson said the overarching issue is that people's freedom of speech is being shut down, whether it be by Big Tech, social media or college professors on progressive campuses."If the government is compliant with that, it's the same as if they're doing it. And we, the American people should be outraged about that," he said.BIDEN'S CHRISTMAS ‘UNITY’ MESSAGE PANNED BY CRITICS"Our freedoms come from God: that's stated in our Declaration of Independence. And yet we're allowing them to be taken away from us."Carson later pivoted to the omnibus spending bill recently passed through Congress, saying that all of the earmarks and programs it funds are not the ones the government is supposed to focus on for the good of the people.CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Most people don't even know their neighbors anymore," he later added. "[We] don't even know what their names are… All of these things are changing us from the dynamic and innovative people that we used to be.""We had a system that encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Most of the big inventions in the world came from the United States of America. But if everybody is thinking the same way and saying the same things, where's that out of the box thinking that's going to allow us to continue to be that beacon?" Carson asked. Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd