Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National: Ben Carson: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."

"You are absolutely right — I have no political experience," Carson wrote in the initial version of his post. "The current Members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is what we need. Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God. They had a determination to rise up against a tyrannical King. They were willing to risk all they had, even their lives, to be free."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/08/ben-carson/ben-carson-said-no-one-who-signed-declaration-inde/