Carson 2016 Finds New Ways to Implode
His communications manager Doug Watts and campaign manager Barry Bennett suddenly exited the campaign on New Year’s Eve.
Two senior members of Ben Carson’s campaign can cross off one New Year’s Resolution: not being a part of the campaign.
Communications Manager Doug Watts and Campaign Manager Barry Bennett resigned on Thursday just over a week after Carson told the AP in an interview that he was considering “personnel changes.”
“Barry Bennett and I have resigned from the Carson campaign effective immediately,” Watts said in a statement emailed to The Daily Beast. “Having just announced raising $23m for the 4th [quarter], more than any other Republican candidate, and passing 1 million contributions and and over 600 k unique donors since March, we are proud of our efforts for Dr. Carson and we wish him and his campaign the best of luck.”
Bennett told The Daily Beast that he resigned “after coming to the realization I was not going to be able to solve the Armstrong Williams issue.” He specifically took issue with the interviews he alleges Williams scheduled without his knowledge last week. “They were done without my knowledge and Armstrong gave Ben talking points about how every job on the campaign was being reviewed,” Bennett told The Daily Beast. “All of the staff went home for Christmas worried that their jobs were gone. It ruined a lot of holidays including mine. The strategy was vapid.” He added that he was repeatedly told his job was safe and that it was a surprise when he resigned.
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