Obama Goes After Ben Carsons Friends And Family Dr. Benjamin Carson, the former director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital, claims that he has been harassed by the IRS following his public criticisms of Barack Obama. According to Carson, the retribution started shortly after a speech he gave at a National Prayer Breakfast in mid 2013. Ive been quite astonished at the level of hostility that I have encounter, Carson said in an interview with Newsmax, The IRS has investigated metheyve come after my family, theyve come after my friends, theyve come after associates. After the attacks continued, Carson started to link the events together, tracking back the IRS actions to his criticism of the president. Now, he is claiming it is time for Congress to step up and do their job to protect him. The reason we have divided government is if one branch of the government gets out of control, starts thinking theyre too big for their britches, you need to be able to have control, he said. Unfortunately, it appears Congress is doing very little to remedy the matter. According to Carson, the abuses of the government continue because Americans refuse to take action. We sit there and we say, Oh this is horrible. But we dont do anything. And see, thats what Im trying to get our congressional people, our lawmakers theyve got to get courage, he said. Because why would anybody who has an agenda to fundamentally change this nation, why would they stop if no one is opposing them? What do you think of Carsons comments? Should the government be punished for the harassment? 