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Argumentative Essay On South Carolina

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After finishing sixth gaining only about 53,000 votes in the South Carolina primary, Ben Carson says he isn’t giving up nor is he quitting the race.

“When this thing started, there were 17 candidates, there are only six now and Im still one of them,” Carson said to supporters during his primary watch party in Greenville, South Carolina. “And I’m not going anywhere.”

With only 50% of the votes reported, Carson took to the stage to thank his supporters and to tell his supporters his campaign is just the beginning to take his message of taking power away from the political class to give it back to the people.

“It’s we the people who really have the power and this is the message that I am going to be taking across the nation to try to help the people of America recognize that we still have the ability to dictate the course of our country and save it for the next generation,” Carson said. “Our nation is very close to going off the cliff and… we need is recognition of the fact the way our country was designed, it was designed for citizen statements not career politicians. Right now there is a political class that consist of Washington establishment and the news media and the pundits. And they believe that they have complete control of our country.” …show more content…

"As time goes on, more and more people will actually begin to be serious and actually look at actually policies and solutions to the problems, rather than just hear rhetoric and loud boisterous speech,” Carson stated.

"And when that happens, I think you are actually going to see a significant change in what is going on in our country. The tide will begin to

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