Ben Carson's Fact-Free Flip-Flop On Minimum Wage

This moment in Tuesday's debate is a fine example of exactly why Ben Carson's character is fair game for media to challenge. He lies about all manner of things, embellishes, and half the time doesn't even know what the heck he's talking about.

In May, Ben Carson said he'd support an increase in the minimum wage. Today, it's an entirely different story, with fake figures to bolster his claim.

"As far as the minimum wage is concerned," answered Carson, "People need to be educated on the minimum wage. Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

Which is, of course, an outright lie.

"It's particularly a problem in the black community. Only 19.8 percent of black teenagers have a job, who are looking for one. You know, that -- and that's because of those high wages. If you lower those wages, that comes down," Carson continued.

Again, not true. The actual unemployment figure for Black teens was 20.7 percent, according to an August, 2015 report. That's still too high, but it's nowhere near the 80.2 percent rate Carson claimed.

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