Ben Carson to endorse Trump Friday

Ben  Carson  to  jump  on  Trump  bandwagon

 

Sources say announcement to come Friday morning

Bob Unruh
March 11 2016
 
The Washington Post reports that retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, a favorite of conservatives who dropped out of the race after Super Tuesday, will endorse Donald Trump on Friday.

The report cited “two people familiar with his thinking.”
Trump already has received the endorsement of former presidential primary rival New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

The Post said the endorsement plans came about when Carson met with Trump at the Mar-a-Lago club the GOP front-runner owns in Florida. The sources insisted on anonymity..

The newspaper said Armstrong Williams, Carson’s business manager, confirmed the meeting but did not reveal further details.

There was no comment from the Trump organization.

Carson, whose low-key delivery and mild manner stood out amid the harsh rhetoric of several early GOP debates, drew support and admiration from many evangelicals for his unabashed Christian faith.

On Fox Radio this week, Carson indicated he might be leaning toward Trump as the best hope of the GOP to win the White House.

“There’s two Donald Trumps. There’s the Donald Trump that you see on television and who gets out in front of big audiences, and there’s the Donald Trump behind the scenes,” Carson said. “They’re not the same person. One’s very much an entertainer, and one is actually a thinking individual."

In a commentary posted Thursday, Carson said: “Let’s assume that Donald Trump does, in fact, continue on his remarkable blitzkrieg to Cleveland and secures the right to cross swords with Hillary Clinton in the fall.

What happens down-ticket?  “So much more than the White House is at stake. With such a polarizing figure at the top of the ticket, the political ramifications would not be as easy to decipher."

He suggested the “dump Trump” move might be unwise.  “If you are a candidate in a heavily Democratic district or need a boost to tip the scales in your favor, it may not make political sense to shun the presidential nominee,” he wrote.

At the same time, “What if 'The Donald' then goes off the deep end and forgets that the gospels are part of the Bible. Will any down-ticket candidate be able to ignore that?"

Carson wrote that he’s not sure Republicans can avoid taking a stand on Trump.  He said there are those who are considered by voters to be “part of the problem."  "Those people", he wrote, “will run to Trump’s side quicker than Chris Christie."

“As 1,237 delegates begins to look more and more attainable for Trump, expect the GOP party faithful to pivot to the strategic interests of their down-ticket candidates this November,” he said.

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