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Ben Carson pays a price with evangelicals for the two things he's said that made some sense
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/3/1456417/-Ben-Carson-pays-a-price-with-evangelicals-for-the-two-things-he-s-said-that-made-some-senseSorry, Ben, you're toast. Saying something even remotely reasonable about abortion or the Terri Schiavo tragedy is apostasy among America's right-wing social conservatives.
In a national Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday, Carson's evangelical support dropped 13 points. Last month, he was running second overall, only one point behind front-runner Donald Trump. But now Carson is tied with Ted Cruz for third place, while both Trump and Marco Rubio garner more support.
Meanwhile, social conservative "leaders" like Troy Newman—Ted Cruz endorser and advocate for government-sanctioned executions of people who perform abortions—are celebrating Carson's demise following his comments on the Planned Parenthood shooter.
"Doctor Carson just ended his presidential candidacy," Troy Newman, who leads the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and recently backed Sen. Ted Cruz, told the conservative news site Breitbart, which posted a litany of blistering statements from anti-abortion advocates panning the retired neurosurgeon for the implication their fervor had any connection to the shooting.
Carson's erstwhile supporters are now flocking to Ted Cruz, as he wholeheartedly embraces extremists like Troy Newman.
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