Ben Carson Has Officially Dropped Out
Ben Carson has finally admitted defeat, announcing Friday that he’ll abandon his presidential campaign to take a job with a Christian group dedicated to getting out the vote.
The group, My Faith Votes, named Carson as its new chairman a few hours before Carson was scheduled to give a speech Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Carson, who took the stage more than half-an-hour late, spoke for more than ten minutes on the evils of big government and Lucifer, before announcing he’s “leaving the campaign trail.”
“I did the math and I realized it simply wasn’t going to happen,” Carson explained.
Calling his almost-ran an “experience I will never forget,” he drew a standing ovation from the crowd.
“Even though I might be leaving the campaign trail, I will still continue to be heavily involved,” Carson said.
