Ben Carson is cool to idea of Tubman on $20 bill

FILE - This April 17, 2015, file photo provided by the U.S. Treasury shows the front of the U.S. $20 bill, featuring a likeness of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States. A Treasury official said Wednesday, April 20, 2016, that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years. (U.S. Treasury via AP, File) FILE - This April 17, 2015, file photo provided by the U.S. Treasury shows the front of the U.S. $20 bill, featuring a likeness of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States. A Treasury official said Wednesday, April 20, 2016, that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years. (U.S. Treasury via AP, File)

By Associated Press April 20, 2016 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill? Not so fast, says former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.

The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that Tubman will be featured on a redesign of the $20 bill that moves President Andrew Jackson to the back of the bill. Tubman would be the first African-American on U.S. paper money.

Jackson’s demotion didn’t sit well with Carson. He told Fox Business Network that he “loves” Tubman and what she did but that Jackson was “a tremendous president” and the last one who balanced the federal budget. Carson asked, “In honor of that we kick him off the money?”

Carson suggested honoring Tubman by placing her on the $2 bill. He didn’t mention it, but doing that could unseat another president, Thomas Jefferson.