Ben Carson says the White House Asked him to Apologize for ‘Offending’ Obama During Controversial National Prayer Breakfast Speech; Says he’ll Only Run for President if God Calls Him

Ben Carson speaks at the 41st Annual Conservative Political Action Conference   (EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS /LANDOV)
Ben Carson speaks at the 41st Annual Conservative Political Action Conference (EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS /LANDOV)

Conservative sage Dr. Ben Carson is claiming the White House was offended by his now-famous keynote address at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast and asked at the time for an apology call to President Obama — which he didn’t make.

The anecdote is found in Carson’s upcoming book “One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America’s Future.”

Carson, who became a conservative sensation after the address, was highly critical of the direction of the country though he never blamed the president, who was sitting just a few feet away.

“He did not appear to be hostile or angry,” Carson wrote in the book.

“But within a matter of minutes after the conclusion of the program, I received a call from some of the prayer breakfast organizers saying that the White House was upset and requesting that I call the president and apologize for offending him. I said that I did not think that he was offended and that I didn’t think that such a call was warranted.”

The passage was verified Tuesday by publisher Sentinel, a division of Penguin Group (USA).

Carson, a former director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University, also suggests in the book he has no plans to run for president in 2016 unless called by God.

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SOURCE: FoxNews.com

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