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‘Can somebody attack me, please?’ and other memorable Ben Carson quotes

Carson sees no political path forward but leaves ‘fruit salad’ behind

‘Can somebody attack me, please?’ asked Ben Carson at a debate in February.

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Ben Carson’s presidential campaign appears to be on the abyss of destruction.

Remember that peculiar expression? Carson, the soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon, used it as part of his opening statement at the Republican debate in Houston on Feb. 25. He was talking about the state of the U.S. But he may as well have been discussing his own White House bid.

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