--- title: Ben Carson Will Skip the Next Republican Debate description: Ben Carson said Wednesday that he will skip the next Republican debate and that he no longer sees a viable path to the nomination. canonical: https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-02T19:17:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T17:05:54.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ben Carson Will Skip the Next Republican Debate og:description: "I do not see a political path forward" og:url: https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc650a8214d89802f/69887de4cd1bbaf2a06ff754/ben-carson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Fox News Sponsors Republican Presidential Candidate Debate Ahead Of Iowa Caucuses og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Carson Will Skip the Next Republican Debate twitter:description: "I do not see a political path forward" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc650a8214d89802f/69887de4cd1bbaf2a06ff754/ben-carson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:30 video:published: 2015-11-13 section: politics topics: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, 2016 presidential campaign, Republican primary, immigration, campaign rhetoric, political commentary genre: political commentary, video clip tones: critical, dismissive, sympathetic, mocking emotions: sadness (medium), contempt (medium), pity (medium) sentiment: negative audience: political news readers, US election followers, campaign observers, TIME readers people: Donald Trump, Ben Carson organizations: TIME content_suitability: politics [00:00-00:30]; health controversy [00:01-00:30] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Ben Carson Sees No 'Political Path Forward' After Super Tuesday > Sponsored content. 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TIME Raw: Ben Carson Says ‘Pray’ for Donald Trump_ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary A speaker describes a conversation in which Dr. Ben Carson, asked how to respond to Donald Trump, said to pray for him. The speaker says Trump is immature and embarrassing and that he lacks what Trump brings to the campaign, including his voice and his stance on immigration. The speaker also describes Trump as imploding before their eyes. ## Key points - The speaker says Trump's behavior is immature and embarrassing. (00:01) - The speaker says they feel sorry for Trump. (00:01) - The speaker reports asking Dr. Carson how to respond to Trump and says Carson was sad about it. (00:05) - The speaker says Dr. Carson told them to pray for Trump. (00:11) - The speaker says Trump brings a voice and an immigration position to the campaign that Carson lacks. (00:15) - The speaker describes Trump as imploding before their eyes. (00:22) - The speaker says watching Trump implode is just sad to watch. (00:25) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:11] Reaction to Trump and Carson's advice. The speaker calls Trump immature and embarrassing and relays Dr. Carson's response that they should pray for him. - [00:11 to 00:30] Comparing Carson and Trump's campaign role. The speaker contrasts what Trump brings to the campaign with what Carson lacks and describes Trump as imploding. ## Key quotes - [00:01] interviewer: "It is so embarrassing. I feel so sorry for him." - [00:11] interviewer: "He said pray for him." - [00:15] interviewer: "He lacks what Mr. Trump brings to this campaign" - [00:22] interviewer: "to see him just imploding before our very eyes is just sad to watch." ## Questions this video answers - How should the speaker respond to Donald Trump, according to Dr. Carson? [00:05] - Why does the speaker feel sorry for Donald Trump? [00:01] - What does the speaker say Trump brings to the campaign that Dr. Carson lacks? [00:15] - How does the speaker describe Trump's current situation in the campaign? [00:22] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-00:30]: Discusses a presidential candidate's campaign and performance in a critical manner. - health controversy [00:01-00:30]: Speaker characterizes a political figure as imploding, which may be read as a pointed personal attack.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:05 PM UTCPublished: Mar 2, 2016 7:17 PM UTC  Ben Carson talks to a member of the media in the spin room following the Republican presidential candidate debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 28, 2016. Ben Carson talks to a member of the media in the spin room following the Republican presidential candidate debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 28, 2016. Daniel Acker—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:05 PM UTCPublished: Mar 2, 2016 7:17 PM UTC Ben Carson said Wednesday that he will skip the next Republican debate and that he no longer sees a viable path to the nomination. Carson said in a statement that he will skip Thursday’s Fox Republican debate in his hometown of Detroit, despite qualifying for it. “I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening’s Super Tuesday primary results,” the retired neurosurgeon said in the statement. Carson’s decision to skip the debate comes after a string of disappointments for his campaign. Despite briefly rising to the top of the polls in the fall, Carson has not won a single state and garnered just three delegates from Virginia on Super Tuesday. But he stopped short of formally suspending his campaign: “This grassroots movement on behalf of “We the People” will continue … I appreciate the support, financial and otherwise, from all corners of America. Gratefully, my campaign decisions are not constrained by finances; rather by what is in the best interests of the American people.” Carson’s Wednesday statement says he will discuss his future plans in a speech on Friday in Washington, D.C. Carson reportedly told fellow GOP candidate Gov. John Kasich that he will be suspending his campaign. > [](https://twitter.com/julito77/status/705134482748108800) ## Transcript [00:01] You know, it's so immature. It is so embarrassing. I feel [00:05] so sorry for him. When I spoke with Dr. Carson about [00:08] this yesterday asking how should we respond, you [00:11] know he was so sad by it. He said pray for him. You [00:15] feel sorry for him because he really He lacks what Mr. [00:19] Trump brings to this campaign, what he brings to this [00:22] election, his voice, with his immigration. But, to see him [00:25] just imploding before our very eyes is just sad to [00:29] watch. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/"},"headline":"Ben Carson Sees No 'Political Path Forward' After Super Tuesday","datePublished":"2016-03-02T19:17:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T17:05:54.000Z","description":"Ben Carson said Wednesday that he will skip the next Republican debate and that he no longer sees a viable path to the nomination.","url":"https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/","keywords":["2016 Election","Dr. Benjamin S. 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