Carson Defends Trump As ‘Will Of The People’


Ben Carson now defends Donald Trump as a candidate, calling his potential election the “will of the people.”

Carson spoke earlier today at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Among the points of his address was a defense of Trump. He expressed fear that the criticism directed at Trump earlier this week by former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would threaten to collapse the Republican Party’s internal unity.

Carson also warned against those describing a Trump presidency as “the worse thing that ever happened,” saying that such statements contradict the desires of the American public.

“People who think Donald Trump would be the worst thing that ever happened … you make a really big mistake by trying to thwart the will of the people,” he said.

He expressed doubt that Trump’s powerful and divisive campaign rhetoric would influence his policies as president. He said Trump would instead appoint specialized officials to carry out those tasks that he is unable to.

“[Trump is] smart enough to know that he cannot have a successful presidency with some of the things that he’s talking about,” Carson said, “so he would appoint people who were very, very good and very, very smart and he would largely stay out of their way.”

In addition to the revelation that he defends Trump, Carson announced in a statement that he will serve as chairman of My Faith Votes, a Christian voter organization. This announcement follows his dropping out of the race for the presidency.

“Nothing is more important to me than my personal faith,” he said, “and it is my faith that motivated me to be involved in the political process to begin with. I believe Christians in this country can easily determine the next president of the United States and all other national and local leaders, should they simply show up at the polls.”

Later, at the conference, he said he has no interest in running for a Florida Senate seat.

“It’s not something I want to do,” he said. “Politics and running for political office is never something that I was particularly interested in doing.”

One wonders why, then, he joined the presidential race in the first place.

 

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