--- title: Watch Ben Carson Respond to the Haters description: Despite criticism, Ben Carson is determined not to drop out of the race, and he has a few words for those who doubt him canonical: https://time.com/4244908/ben-carson-haters-2016-election/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-02T17:04:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:33:09.947Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Ben Carson Respond to the Haters og:description: He says he won't drop out og:url: https://time.com/4244908/ben-carson-haters-2016-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ben Carson Respond to the Haters twitter:description: He says he won't drop out twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ben Carson Respond to the Haters  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 2, 2016 5:04 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 2, 2016 5:04 PM UTC Ben Carson knows he has a lot of haters out there. The former neurosurgeon limped through Super Tuesday where he picked up [just three delegates](http://time.com/4228456/republican-primary-delegate-counter/) in Virginia. He has yet to win a state. And in a race that is becoming ever more focused on [withering insults](http://time.com/4242827/donald-trump-marco-rubio-insults/) and soundbites, he refuses to engage with other candidates. But Carson is determined not to drop out, and he has a few words for those who doubt him. “A message to the haters is that this is America,” Carson says in a new video put out by Independent Journal Review. “Sometimes you’re going to face opposition, and sometimes you’re going to find people with whom you disagree. But what good does it do to hate that person?” Watch the clip below: > [](https://twitter.com/INJO/status/705060284784726016) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4244908/ben-carson-haters-2016-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4244908/ben-carson-haters-2016-election/"},"headline":"Watch Ben Carson Respond to the Haters","datePublished":"2016-03-02T17:04:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:33:09.947Z","description":"\"A message to the haters is that this is America\"","url":"https://time.com/4244908/ben-carson-haters-2016-election/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Dr. Benjamin S. Carson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4244908/ben-carson-haters-2016-election/","name":"Watch Ben Carson Respond to the Haters"}}]}] ```