What Ben Carson Has to Say After South Carolina
Following a last-place finish in South Carolina, the departure of the fourth-place finisher from the race, and renewed calls for the lower-tier candidates to drop out, Dr. Ben Carson says he has no intention of leaving the Republican presidential race.
“Thank you to my many supporters and volunteers in South Carolina and around the country,” he said Saturday evening. “While professional politicians have long written off our efforts to return the government to the people, we remain undaunted. We’ve barely finished the first inning, and there’s a lot of game left.”
Carson said he looks forward to continuing on to Tuesday night’s Nevada Republican Caucus. He said he plans to share his “Heal, Inspire, and Revive” message with more Americans.
“As more Americans have their say, they will see the true strength of our movement,” he said.
Carson’s communications director, Larry Ross, said that with only three states casting votes for the Republican presidential nomination, the retired neurosurgeon stands as one of only five candidates remaining of the original 17. He also noted his candidate received as many delegates in South Carolina as all other candidates but the winner.
That would be zero. But that’s not a concern to the Carson team at this point.
“Dr. Carson is humbled by the support and donations from hundreds of thousands across the country who look to him as their voice for change in a system that has left ‘We the People’ behind,” he said. “His consistent message of faith, integrity and common sense solutions has resonated with the people; he continues to be viewed more favorably than any other candidate and routinely polls as the most honest and sincere person in the race.”
