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GOP Candidates Gather for Faith & Family Forum

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Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson was the first of four Republican presidential candidates to take part in the Palmetto Family Alliance and Conservative Leadership Project Faith and Family Presidential Forum on Friday afternoon. (Reuters photo)

Four of the Republican presidential candidates participated Friday in a pro-family candidate forum at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C.

Palmetto Family Alliance and the Conservative Leadership Project put the event together in just three weeks. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Dr. Oran Smith, president of Palmetto Family, moderated the event, which was televised and livestreamed to a national and international audience.

The candidates who participated in the Faith and Family Forum (click the link to be taken to the opening of the event at the 55:10 mark) were:

  • Dr. Ben Carson
  • Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
  • U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio
  • U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz

It was not clear if Donald Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich were invited to participate. Neither candidate was mentioned by the moderators—the event is still ongoing—as of this writing.


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