Fox & Friends jumped to the defense of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson amid controversy surrounding his remarks on the recent campus shooting in Oregon, continuing the program's pattern of covering for Carson. During an appearance on the October 6 edition of Fox News' Fox and Friends, Carson commented on the recent shooting at Umpqua Community College by stating that had he been there he "would not just stand there and let him shoot me," sparking "widespread rebuke from his critics," according to The New York Times.