Posted on 02/09/2016 10:32:29 AM PST by justlittleoleme
Ben Carson's former campaign manager is now informally advising Donald Trump's presidential campaign, according to Trump's campaign manager.
Barry Bennett, who resigned from the Carson campaign late last month, is now advising Trump's top aides in a "volunteer" capacity, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski confirmed. Bennett also confirmed the development to CNN, characterizing his role in an email as "unpaid and informal."
Bennett said he approached the Trump campaign to talk about things to keep in mind once Trump becomes the nominee -- such as the convention, raising money to pay for the convention, managing delegates, rules and floor fights, and dealing with the party apparatus.
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The news seemed to partly validate the views of Carson's close adviser, Armstrong Williams, who is technically unaffiliated with the campaign but has been kept close by the candidate.
In response to criticisms over his role from Bennett and former Carson spokesman Doug Watts, Williams Friday morning accused the pair of being too close to the Trump campaign.
"The unmitigated gall of Barry Bennett and Doug Watts: To attempt to curry favor with the Trump campaign by delivering Dr. Carson's campaign infrastructure on a platter is nothing short of amazing," Williams wrote in a Facebook post.
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"Watts and Bennett did a great service is helping to guide his campaign -- a service for which they were amply compensated," Williams wrote. "But they do an equally great disservice by holding lectures, going in front of the media and betraying Carson in an attempt to curry favor with Trump."
Williams also suggested that Bennett was involved with the Trump campaign in a Thursday interview with Politico.
"What some of us have concluded -- and we could be wrong -- is that either Barry is being paid by the Trump campaign, or he's trying to get a job with the Trump campaign," he said.
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But be certain not to conclude from this that the Carson campaign is in trouble...
How cozy.
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Something is going on with Carson and Trump. The last debate where they stood together hogging the camera together in the staging area was just too fishy.
You don’t mean the same Trump and Carson who trashed Cruz as a liar and a cheater last week, do you?
They are in cahoots?
Say it isn’t so!
How cozy.
Do you mean ‘CRuz Cozy’? Like this....
http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Cruz-joins-Team-Romney-3770247.php
Or, this....(CRuz cozies up to former La Raza Rick Perry staff)....
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/ted-cruz-2016-campaign-staff-power-players-117163
I could go on with the coziness...but, you get the picture.
Check date , old news.
Yes... January 22, 2016 - had not been posted on FR yet.... a little over 2 weeks ago... It is not in breaking news or anything.
So many layers, so little time.
Explains what happened to Carson. He seemed normal & then
began acting like an arse. Seems to happen to folks who
get close to Trump.
Look at Palin!
Crude & low=class just rubs off.
(So Trump campaign floating this rumor on a primary day?)
Wow...the truth hurts, I see. (I provided links)
Slamming Carson and Palin in one bum hurt post.
Telling.
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