Ben Carson is threatening to leave the GOP if “the fix” that was reported comes to pass.“If it is correct, every voter who is standing for change must know they are being betrayed. I won’t stand for it… “I assure you, Donald Trump won’t be the only one leaving the party.”-Ben Carson
Carson reiterated his point on with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, but said that he would not run as an Independent, if he left the Republican Party.RNC Chairman Reince Priebus held a dinner in Washington on Monday, and, according to five people who spoke with the Post, the possibility of Trump heading into the Cleveland convention with a substantial number of delegates was a topic of discussion. Some attendees suggested the establishment lay the groundwork for a floor fight that could lead the party’s mainstream wing to unite behind an alternative. Carson rejected this approach.
“If the leaders of the Republican Party want to destroy the party, they should continue to hold meetings like the one described in the Washington Post this morning,” Carson said in a statement released by his campaign.
Carson said he prays the Post’s report is incorrect and threatened to leave the GOP. “If it is correct, every voter who is standing for change must know they are being betrayed. I won’t stand for it,” said Carson, who added that if the plot is accurate, “I assure you, Donald Trump won’t be the only one leaving the party.”
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“I am prepared to lose fair and square, as I am sure is Donald,” Carson said. “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. If the winner isn’t our nominee, then we have a massive problem.”-Politico
Another Republican presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, told Cavuto that “the cabal” had “spent $30-40 million dollars” torching him when he ran against Mitt Romney in the 2016 presidential cycle, adding that this was not the time to run, but stay an fight for what one believes.
The Republican Party is obviously nervous that a Trump, Cruz, or Carson could be the eventual nominee to face-off against Hillary Clinton.