Carson To GOP: Mess With Trump And I'll Leave the Party

by Maegan Vazquez: Following a meeting to discuss a possible brokered Republican convention, GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson is threatening to leave the party and pursue his own independent run.

Carson’s threat comes after the meeting of GOP establishment elite to discuss the possibility of a brokered convention amid Donald Trump’s continued popularity. He said in a statement:“If this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, I assure you Donald Trump will not be the only one leaving the party.”Despite a pledge to remain on the Republican ballot, Trump has continued to toy with the idea of an independent run himself.

A new poll indicates that 68% of my supporters would vote for me if I departed the GOP & ran as an independent. https://t.co/ztP5d2ctZl

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2015

Carson say he prays the Post report is incorrect, adding:“I am prepared to lose fair and square, as I am sure is Donald. But I will not sit by and watch a theft. I intend on being the nominee. If I am not, the winner will have my support.”Carson’s comments come just days after he told CNN that a third-party run from Trump “would not be necessary … if the people chose him.”
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Maegan Vazquez is a political reporter for Independent Journal, covering the Cruz, Perry, Graham, and Carson presidential campaigns.

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