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Watch Ben Carson Beat Back ‘Haters’ Who Want Him Out of the GOP Race

Watch Ben Carson's message to the "haters" that want him out of the GOP presidential race.

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Ben Carson is not going to win the Republican nomination for the presidency. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to drop out of the race yet, despite what the “haters” want.

Ben Carson is not going to win the Republican nomination for the presidency. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to drop out of the race yet, despite what the “haters” want.

In the video below, posted on Twitter Wednesday by the Independent Journal Review, Carson delivers this message over classical music with all of the enthusiasm he showed on the debate stage. He vows to “continue to listen to our millions of supporters” when it comes to staying in the race.

Even Carson’s advisors have admitted he can’t win. Hours after the video was posted, the neurosurgeon admitted the same in a Facebook post, saying that he did “not see a political path forward in light of last evening’s Super Tuesday primary results.”

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This posted has been updated to reflect Carson’s admission that there is no path forward for his campaign.

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