Ben Carson Plans To Announce He’s Running For President In May

Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the National Rifle Association convention Friday, April 10, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Former neurosurgeon and conservative darling Dr. Ben Carson plans to announce he’s running for president on May 4 in Detroit, according to the Detroit News.

Carson, who’d already set up an exploratory committee, will make the announcement at the Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, the newspaper reported.

Carson’s presidential exploratory committee said it already brought in $2.1 million in March, according to the Detroit News.

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  1. Ok, so if you are announcing that you are going to announce something, aren’t you already announcing it?

  2. I’m starting to think he tried to perform brain surgery on himself and voila…this…tah dah…

  3. I got nuttin’

  4. He has a lock on GOP primary voters looking for a black Ted Cruz.

  5. Yay, Keep 'em coming!

    We need him just in case one one of the other idiots forgets to articulate a stupid right wing thought.

    Cover all the bases.

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