Ben Carson Nabs Big Fundraising Haul in Wake of Islam Comments

Ben Carson’s fundraising efforts are still going strong, despite comments he recently made that he would not support a Muslim president, NBC News reported.

The Super PAC backing Carson sent an email from the GOP presidential candidate to his supporters saying he “will not back down.” In two hours, donors pledged $300,000 to Carson’s campaign, according to super PAC head John Philip Sousa IV.

"It broke all records,” Sousa said, adding, the controversy neither hurt nor helped the campaign. Instead, it seemed to have added an emphasis to Carson’s message against “political correctness.”

Campaign officials say it was not Carson's intent to anger Muslim-Americans.

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