Ben Carson to skip New Hampshire primary night event
Ben Carson has decided to skip his New Hampshire primary night event on Tuesday and will instead move on to South Carolina where the next primary will be held on Feb. 20.
"After several stops meeting with New Hampshire voters, supporters and media today, Dr. Carson will be en route to South Carolina to continue his campaign for faith, integrity and common sense leadership," the campaign said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
The statement said it was "sad" that the media was "pre-occupied with dissecting the minutia of his schedule."
An updated schedule showed that Carson has scheduled two events on Thursday in South Carolina as well as one on Friday and another on Saturday.
The updated schedule comes about a week after a CNN report about Carson heading home to pick up clean clothes from the Iowa caucuses provoked Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential campaign to spread a false rumor about Carson dropping out of the race. Last week, Carson's campaign also slashed his staff by more than half, a campaign source confirmed to CBS.
Carson told The Washington Post that Cruz approached him at the GOP debate on Saturday to apologize for his campaign's misconduct and asked for a one-on-one meeting to clear the air.
CBS News' Erica Brown contributed to this story.
