Ben Carson speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Carson doubles down on Clinton-Lucifer comments

Hillary Clinton is running a campaign aligned with the teachings of Lucifer, Dr. Ben Carson said in an interview on CNN Wednesday morning.

Carson raised eyebrows Tuesday night during his speech at the Republican National Convention by linking Clinton to author Saul Alinsky, whose book “Rules for Radicals” includes a blurb on the dedication page that identifies Lucifer as “the first radical.” Carson characterized Alinsky as a collegiate mentor of Clinton’s and Wednesday morning, he said the former secretary of state is running a campaign that mirrors what is “espoused by evil.”


“When you look at the principles that are espoused by Christ, by Christianity, and you look at what's espoused by evil,” Carson said. “And then you look at things like killing babies, you look at things like redefining marriage, away from what the biblical definition is, I think that there's pretty good consistency there.”

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo pressed Carson on his use of Clinton’s ties to Alinsky, wondering if the retired neurosurgeon raised the connection “just because you got to use Lucifer.” Cuomo also asked Carson why he would criticize Clinton for someone she associated with in college, when Carson spent much of his own presidential campaign asking the public not to judge him based on the past.

“Except you have to also use your brain,” Carson replied. “And you say, if she believed that at that time, and now you look at her actions, you look at what she advocates, the killing of babies, the dissolution of the traditional family, all these kinds of things. Those are pretty consistent, quite frankly.”