The past couple weeks have been particularly hard on Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. Recently, Carson has had to answer questions regarding allegations that parts of his book, Gifted Hands, are fabricated.

One of the most controversial exaggerations Carson made in his autobiography was his claim that he was granted a full scholarship to West Point.

For those who aren’t familiar, West Point is the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Once one is granted cadetship at West Point, the USMA provides the cadet a four-year college education. This is, of course, in exchange for the cadet to be on active duty in the U.S. Army for a minimum of five years.

Carson explained that he was granted a full scholarship to West Point in his book. He claimed that he was offered a full ride to West Point during dinner with Gen. William Westmoreland.

West Point didn’t have any record of Carson’s application to their institution. And there aren’t any “full rides” to West Point.

Furthermore, Carson claimed he was recognized as the most honest student in his Perceptions 301 class at Yale. He said he was recognized by his professor with a $10 bill and his picture was taken by a photographer for Yale Daily News.

There was never a Perceptions 301 class at Yale, and no such picture of Carson was taken, according to the paper’s records.

These scandals, among others, should assist in the questioning of Carson as a presidential candidate. Throughout his campaign, Carson has been largely indecisive on his ideology behind same-sex marriage, minimum wage, and Medicare. A candidate who shifts his stances on the issues makes the public a little weary.

Carson is getting a lot of heat for Gifted Hands. In addition to his already indecisive nature and position on many hot button issues facing our country, he’s making claims of accomplishments he didn’t achieve.

In light of his book being fact-checked, we should be asking: is Carson fit to be the President of the United States?

"This is a bunch of lies attempting to say I'm lying about my history. I think it's pathetic, and basically what the media does is they try to get you distracted," Carson said in an interview, asking the public and the media to give him a “break” because the degree to which Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama were investigated during their presidential campaigns wasn’t as harsh.

This is debatable. President Obama and Clinton have had their fair share of vetting, including that of Obama’s citizenship accusations and Clinton’s email scandal.

Perhaps Carson isn’t fit to deal with the allegations against him. Perhaps, of course, he shouldn’t have made such hefty, untrue claims. This is now up to the voters to decide.