2016 US Presidential Elections - Former Republican Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Backs Donald Trump Friday March 11,2016

 

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump won another high-profile endorsement on Friday March 11,2016 when retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson became the second former Republican candidate to back him in the race for the White House(former candidate, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was the first to support Donald Trump- last month)

"We buried the hatchet. That was political stuff," Ben Carson said during a joint appearance with the billionaire businessman at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club resort Palm Beach, Florida.

"I have found in talking with him, that there's a lot more alignment, philosophically and spiritually, than I ever thought that there was," added  Ben Carson.

The latest endorsement for Donald Trump followed a CNN-hosted Republican debate in Miami on Thursday night March 10,2016 which gives Donald Trump a boost just days before crucial nominating contests in the battle to be the party's presidential candidate for the November 8,2016 election.

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Republican Candidates need to reach 1,237 delegates in primary contests to win the nomination and Trump's closes rival is Ted Cruz, a US senator from Texas. Trump has 459 delegates, followed by Cruz at 360, Rubio at 152, and Kasich at 54