It only took dropping out of the presidential race for retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson to get the most attention he has his during the entirety of his campaign. Carson made the official announcement Friday. Following another poor performance at the polls on Super Tuesday Carson said in a statement, "I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening's Super Tuesday primary results." He should've known he wasn't going anywhere when he couldn't even finish this sentence: "If young Metro does not trust you…"
In the aforementioned statement Carson didn't announce he was suspending his campaign instead saying, "…this grassroots movement on behalf of 'We the People' will continue." And he made that all the more clear when he delivered a comatose message to the haters telling him to quit the race. He did, however, announce he was choosing to skip last night's Detroit GOP debate. Carson never could get a word in at those debates, even begging to be attacked in the last one just so he could nab some speaking time. With Carson suspending his campaign that leaves four candidates in the once overcrowded GOP field.
NBC News reports Carson made the announcement during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. He reportedly said, "There's a lot of people who love me, they just won't vote for me." (Ain't the latter the truth.)
Carson goes out with a whisper, most recently saying Barack Obama can't relate to Black Americans because he was "raised white." Carson's greatest hits (Read: worst)—back when he was smoking the GOP field—include the time he tried to prove he wasn't "low energy" because he once tried to stab a guy. There was also the time his xenophobic self said Muslims shouldn't become president of the United States.
Adios, Ben Carson!
