Watch: Fox News Contributor Just Made a Jaw-Dropping Statement About Ben Carson and Republicans

While Donald Trump continues to devour the lion’s share of Republican presidential primary coverage, polling results have charted impressive gains for a number of other candidates.

As CNN reported this week, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has more than tripled his favorability rating since his performance in the first primary debate. In a recent Monmouth University poll, Carson is positioned firmly in second place.

Though he still trails Trump by more than 10 points, he is ahead of the poll’s third-place finishers – Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz – by a double-digit margin. Analyzing Carson’s gains in a panel discussion on The Five, Fox News contributor Geraldo Rivera ruffled some feathers by chalking the black candidate’s success up to Republican voters struggling with white guilt.

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