“That’s what people do who don’t have anything to talk about,” Ben Carson said, referring to both candidates trading accusations of racism and bigotry. Carson to Trump: Don't call Clinton a 'bigot'

Count Ben Carson as one of Donald Trump's advisers who would like the Republican nominee to cease and desist in calling Hillary Clinton a "bigot."

“I don’t generally get into the name-calling thing,” the former presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon told The Daily Beast on Friday. “I kind of left that behind in the third grade. I certainly don’t encourage it because the issues that we’re facing are incredibly important for us and for the future generations.”


Trump has invoked the epithet on multiple occasions this week, from various speeches and rallies to an interview with Anderson Cooper on Thursday night, suggesting that Clinton sees African-American and other minorities only as votes to be gained.

“That’s what people do who don’t have anything to talk about,” Carson said, referring to both candidates trading accusations of racism and bigotry.

But the brash Manhattan businessman has shown little sign of backing down from that line of attack, releasing two videos Friday hitting Clinton for her past race-based controversies.

"How quickly people forget that Crooked Hillary called African-American youth 'SUPER PREDATORS' - Has she apologized?" Trump tweeted Friday afternoon, referring to one such episode from the 1990s.