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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

It looks like Trump has one less opponent on his way to the White House

Ben Carson has said that he ‘does not see a political path forward’.

FOLLOWING THE RESULTS of the Republican party’s ‘Super Tuesday’ primaries, it looks like one of Donald Trump’s opponents is dropping out.

In a statement this evening, the Republican candidate has said that he will not be attending the Fox News debate which will take place in his home city of Detroit tomorrow evening.

While not unequivocally withdrawing his candidacy, he went on to say:

I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening’s Super Tuesday primary results.

Despite this, he also said that his ‘We the People’ grassroots campaign will continue.

“We must not depart from from our goals to restore what God and our founders intended for this exceptional nation,” he said.

GOP 2016 Trump Frontrunner in the race for the Republican nomination Donald Trump AP Photo / John Minchillo AP Photo / John Minchillo / John Minchillo

Further details of exactly what his intentions are for the future of this movement will be announced at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

The announcement comes on foot of big wins for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the Democrat and Republican primaries respectively.

Frontrunner Trump managed to take seven of 11 states and, with what seemed to be one eye on consolidating broader Republican party support, dialed down his usual bombast rhetoric during his acceptance speech.

“I think we’ll be more inclusive and more unified. I think we’ll be a much bigger party,” he said.

Read: People are voting in the US Democratic primaries this evening… in Dublin

Also: Cruz clinches Alaska but it looks like Trump v Clinton for the US presidency

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:18 PM

    God help America and the rest of the world if trump gets in!

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:24 PM

    How would Cruz or Rubio be better?

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    Mute C Mc Gyver
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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:26 PM

    I wouldn’t like to see them in either. Hillary Clinton is the only person I could vote for as much as I dislike her.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:31 PM

    As bad as our politics might be the US electorate fall for some incarnation of the ‘world’s best nation’ , ‘change’ , ‘make America great’ slogan year after year, election after election.They then stand by as nothing changes….

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:32 PM

    Hilary Clinton is a compulsive liar a war criminal and completely bought by the banks, investment companies and even the Saudi government. She supported NAFA and will support the TTIP.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:44 PM

    Out of the options you’ve got… if Bernie doesn’t make it id take trump over Cruz … He’s a compulsive liar and hopefully his early democratic side sneaks out…plus his views original views on health care and abortion are relatively progressive. I honestly hope he’s just secretly messing around with the republicans cause he won’t be able to get anything done in Congress or the Senate without them.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:48 PM

    Trump is a liability at the best of times. President of the United States is a job that he is not fit for.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 10:07 PM

    Cruz is a lying wing nut psycho.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 11:02 PM

    I’m hoping to be abducted by space aliens if Trump gets elected

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 11:39 PM

    Well, if Trump is to be believed, you’ll more likely be abducted by illegal aliens.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 11:56 PM

    And Donald duck is an entitled racist wasp. …what’s your point?

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:19 PM

    About time Carson!

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 9:36 PM

    Any progress towards tackling climate change and embracing green energy will be undone if Trump gets elected.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 11:25 PM
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    Mar 3rd 2016, 9:57 AM

    Go Green, so not all bad then, eh?

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    Mar 3rd 2016, 10:06 AM

    @Green – The climate has ALWAYS been changing and always will. There is nothing to tackle. Give it a rest please!

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    Mar 3rd 2016, 6:54 AM

    Still hoping Sanders gets it. Neither Trump not Clinton are good options. In 2008, Obama lost 21 states and Clinton had a 3-to-1 super-delegate advantage over him, but he still won.

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    Mar 3rd 2016, 8:21 AM

    Fingers crossed John!

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 11:40 PM

    Dumbest person ever to run for US President? Which is saying something.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 11:57 PM

    “W”?

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    Mar 3rd 2016, 12:20 AM

    Sarah Palin for VP! ;)

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 10:35 PM

    I think it is important that Trump gets in now and messes things up, because if he doesn’t get in for 2016 and nothing changes, by the time 2020 election rolls around, someone 10 times more unpalatable will come along and definitely will get in, the self righteous Irish will commit Hari Kari en masse.

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    Mar 2nd 2016, 11:07 PM

    Like Kanye? Didn’t He say he was going to run in 2020? I think I’d like to be long gone with the space aliens by then!

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    Mar 3rd 2016, 4:47 PM

    He is not dropping out, he is just falling asleep again lol.

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