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Trump Just Revealed What He’ll Do To Ben Carson At The Debate- ‘It Depends On…’
Those looking for a fight between the two top contenders in the 2016 Republican presidential race will likely be disappointed in CNN’s debate.
Billionaire Donald Trump said he will hold back verbal assaults against fellow candidate and neurosurgeon Ben Carson during the debate unless Carson attacks him first. That is not going to happen if Carson continues to follow his campaign strategy.
“It depends on what he does with me,” Trump said during an interview with Fox commentator Bill O’Reilly on Sept.15. “I don’t know who’s coming from where. I hear everyone’s going to be hitting me because I’m number one in the polls.”
Those hits probably won’t be from Carson. He’s just not that kind of candidate, according to Tom Shaw, an environmental consultant who is volunteering for the Carson campaign in Lakeland, Fla.
“Dr. Carson doesn’t have anything bad to say about anybody. It has a lot to do with his faith, the way he was brought up. His whole story is absolutely amazing,” Shaw said.
The normally mild-mannered doctor survived his first bout with Trump recently after Carson spoke at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Reporters asked Carson to name the primary difference between him and the business tycoon and Carson responded that the biggest difference is his faith.
“By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life and that’s a very big part of who I am. I don’t get that impression with him,” Carson said of Trump. “Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t get that.”
Trump fired back in a tweet the same night.
“Wow, I am ahead of the field with Evangelicals (am so proud of this) and virtually every other group, and Ben Carson just took a swipe at me,” Trump said. Trump went on to say Carson was an “okay doctor” with so little energy “he makes Jeb Bush look like the Energizer Bunny.”
Carson didn’t respond to Trump’s insults and, instead, apologized the next day and said publicly he was wrong to question the businessman’s faith.
The public is responding to Carson and his focus on the issues. A Monmouth University survey shows that Carson and Trump are tied for the top spot among likely Iowa Republican caucus attendees. Both have 23 percent in support, according to the poll.
People like Carson more than Trump, according to the numbers. The survey suggests that 81 percent of voters had a favorable view of the doctor while Trump’s favorability rating is at 52 percent. Carson’s likability numbers are the highest of any candidate listed in the survey.
The results of those with unfavorable views are just as dramatic. Only 6 percent had an unfavorable view of Carson, while 33 percent of likely voters had a negative view of Trump.
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/trump-just-revealed-what-hell-do-to-ben-carson-at-the-debate-it-depends-on/
