Dr. ? Carson Finally Says 'I Am Leaving The Campaign Trail'...
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Ben Carson formally announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday after days of dropping hints that he “had no path” to the nomination.
“I am leaving the campaign trail,” Carson said to extended audience applause.
“There is a lot of people who love me, they just won’t vote for me,” he continued, chuckling. “I will still continue to be heavily involved in trying to save our nation.”
Carson’s unusual suspension announcement came twelve minutes into his scheduled speech, which touched on the merits of capitalism, the processing power of the human brain, and the dangers of secular progressivism.
In a question-and-answer session with Fox News host Mercedes Schlapp following the announcement, Carson said he was compelled to drop out after realizing he did not have enough delegates to move forward to the Republican convention.
“I did the math,” Carson said. “I looked at the delegate count. I looked at the states, I looked at the requirements and I realized that it was simply not going to happen.”
Rumors had been swirling since Wednesday that he would end his campaign at CPAC after both Carson and his longtime aide Armstrong Williams told the press that his presidential bid had no “political path forward.” He did not appear at Thursday’s Republican debate in Detroit, Michigan.
The retired neurosurgeon failed to win a single early primary state.
His suspension announcement was marked by the calls for civility among the Republican field and quirky comments that he became known for on the 2016 trail.
Asked by Schlapp to summarize himself in two words towards the end of the Q-and-A, Carson said “the children.”
“I would say the children because that’s what this is all about, it’s about the children,” the former pediatric neurosurgeon said. “It’s about their future. My whole career was about giving children a second chance.”
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Well I guess he can hang his jersey on the GOP wall of shame with the rest of them
Herman Cain
Alan Keyes
...and now Ben Carson
2020 election....
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? embarrassed himself and his family.
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What a ? .
The political consensus was that he was staying in to spite Ted Cruz, because Cruz's campaign pulled some ? ? on him in Iowa by falsely spreading info about him dropping out. Carson's voters are true-believer Evangelical types, so it's assumed his voters would go straight to Ted, since he's a crazy Evangelical ? himself that would probably launch the nukes if he thought it would help Jesus come back.
All he had to do was keep chugging along for another 3 months until the convention. Keep hurting Cruz simply by existing. If the GOP convention is anything like the backstabbing backroom deal fiasco its shaping up to be, those measly 8 delegates could ? around and make the difference.
This guy never had any real politics game, I swear. ? make Alan Keyes look like Obama in terms of political savvy. Stupid muhfucka. If he was a Game of Thrones character, he woulda supported House Greyjoy or some ? . -
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Like this soft spoken ? ? ever had a chance. ? ?
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I doubt anybody will notice.
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Did anyone even care about this guy in the first place?
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I can't believe he finally decided to get out. Anyways the whole time he was there, he was invisible. They were treating him like a special kid. He made me laugh so hard during the debates but I feel sorry for him for some reason. He should have never got into this. He tarnished his good name and inspirational story.
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Ben was one of the most respected dudes in the black community. Dude destroyed his legacy in one year. Now he's a clown ass ? .
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Ben was one of the most respected dudes in the black community. Dude destroyed his legacy in one year. Now he's a clown ass ? .
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He only dropping out so he can run for the vacant Senate seat (currently held by Rubio) that is currently up for election this November. The Republicans made that deal with him supposedly.
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CeLLaR-DooR wrote: »? embarrassed himself and his lineage
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stringer bell wrote: »
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He is a great ? politics he is going down in history for his actions he really saved lives an cares about people
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blackgod813 wrote: »He is a great ? politics he is going down in history for his actions he really saved lives an cares about people
Damn, I really need you to punctuate this one here. I like your gimmick and all but this one...
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I get it, I do. I know what it reads but bruh, still...
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Shouldn't have had his black ass up there anyway