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Carson Impresses New Hampshire Audience During Campaign Stop
DERRY — Presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson said Monday during a stop in Derry that his campaign is gaining supporters who have never participated politically.
The neurosurgeon told a standing room only crowd at Halligan Tavern that he has crisscrossed the country and had many Americans tell him they will make their first foray into politics by voting for him or donating to his campaign.
“I get that everywhere,” Carson said in his speech. “We are pulling in people from the sidelines.”
Carson said the country has a “can do attitude” but it has slipped in recent years, allowing government to gain more control. He cited Thomas Jefferson and his statements that Americans would become “lackadaisical and less vigilant,” allowing the government to take over every aspect of their lives.
He said Jefferson predicted that “we would turn from a country that is of the people, for the people and by the people to a country that is of the government, for the government and by the government.”
But to Jefferson’s credit he said that just before the country moved into another form of government, Americans would wake up and again gain control.
“And I think this is the time for us to do it right now,” he said to loud applause.
Carson said 93 million Americans didn’t vote in the 2012 election and 30 million Evangelicals also didn’t participate. His campaign has set its sights on this voting segment.
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