May 26, 2016

John Philip Sousa IV
National Chairman, The 2016 Committee

Formerly the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee

Big News:  The Growing Influence of Ben Carson In Trump Campaign & Our Proven Plan to Defeat Hillary Clinton…

Jim --

I want to share some inside news about the growing influence of Ben Carson in the Trump campaign.

Forget what the uninformed skeptics say about Ben Carson; his role continues to expand and grow in the Trump campaign.

First, because of his great faith in Dr. Carson, Donald Trump gave Ben Carson the responsibility of vetting and recommending a choice for his vice presidential running mate.

Dr. Carson did that so well that the Donald then asked Ben to set up the all-important meeting with Speaker Paul Ryan.  Although Ryan has not yet officially endorsed Trump, it’s coming.

With that job completed successfully, Donald Trump has now tasked Ben Carson with introducing him to African American and evangelical leaders with the goal of getting them behind the Trump campaign for the White House.

Personally, I am very excited by the fact that Ben Carson has emerged as not only the key confidant of Donald Trump, but also as his chief surrogate. 

The growing trust that Donald Trump has in Dr. Carson could very well mean that Ben Carson will end up as President Trump’s chief of staff, the most powerful position in the White House after the president himself.

You may have reservations, as I do, about Donald Trump; but knowing that Dr. Ben Carson will be a powerful counselor to candidate Trump gives me great confidence that President Trump will do the following once elected…

Repeal and replace Obamacare with a health savings account program much like the one proposed by Ben Carson.

Defeat ISIS by changing the rules of engagement so that our military can quickly destroy this dangerous enemy.

Rapidly restore prosperity by…

  • Declaring a tax holiday on foreign earnings so that as much as $3 trillion now overseas can come home and be invested here in new companies and endeavors creating tens of thousands of new jobs
  • Building the Keystone pipeline, thus creating new jobs
  • Eliminating the ban on oil and gas exportation, creating new jobs and crushing the Russian economy
  • Instituting a Reagan like tax cut for individuals and businesses to rapidly expand economic growth
  • Slashing regulations that are strangling our economy
  • Stopping the attacks on the coal industry and allowing the exportation of coal to developing nations

Appoint Supreme Court judges in the mold of the late Antonin Scalia, thus preserving our constitutional rights including the right to keep and bear arms and stopping social engineering dead in its tracks.

Protect free speech for all (including Christians) by ending political correctness.

Put a hold on the immigration of Muslims until the problem of terrorists slipping into our country is solved.

Build a wall on our Southern border that ends illegal immigration and stops terrorists from crossing into our country.

Rebuild our military strength so that America is second to none.

Donald Trump won’t be perfect.  No president is.  But, he will be much, much, much better than Hillary Clinton.

As former speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich said…

“How anybody who thinks of themselves as a conservative could say, ‘I’d rather have Hillary Clinton,’ is just insane.”

The election of Hillary Clinton will mean a continuation of the Obama administration.  Hillary will almost certainly take our nation over the cliff financially, morally, and culturally.

The election of Hillary Clinton will be the end of America as we know it.

Hillary Clinton is just as radical as Barack Obama and much more corrupt. 

And, let’s not forget that Hillary has blood on her hands for the men she let die in Benghazi.  She and Obama even lied to the parents and wives of those who died, telling them that their deaths were caused by a video, not by radical Islamic terrorists, as she knew when she lied.

Like Obama, Hillary is a disciple of Saul Alinsky, an evil man who dedicated his manifesto, Rules for Radicals, to Satan.

You can only imagine what radicals she would choose to fill the anticipated three new members of the United States Supreme Court.

Hillary Clinton will continue the practice of Barack Obama in appointing men and women who have more respect for foreign laws than they do for the Constitution.  These judges will undermine the rule of law by gutting the second amendment and “finding” new rights that will not only expand abortion, but also limit free speech and the free exercise of religion.

What you and I will witness if Hillary Clinton is elected president is the creation of a Marxist socialist state made possible by an out-of-control judiciary.

Let me just say bluntly that I do not want this loss of freedom and values for our children and grandchildren as my legacy as an American.  Do you?

And, make no mistake, electing Hillary Clinton president will mean just that.

The America created by our Founders which so many have fought and died will be gone.

It will be beyond retrieval.

The American dream will be dead.

The land of the free and the home of the brave will be gone forever.

You and I are the ones who stand between Hillary Clinton and her determination to bring an end to the America that we know and love.

All this angst about Donald Trump, and all the chest beating about how we must run a third party candidate is deadly foolishness.

Be angry.  Be mad.

But, please don’t be stupid.

Unless we unite as a party and work our hearts out to defeat Hillary Clinton, we will sentence our children and their children to “a thousand years of darkness” as Ronald Reagan said.

If we refuse to vote.

If we start a third party.

We will simply be throwing our beloved nation onto the ash heap of history.

I love my nation too much to stomp away and let the far left radicals in the Democrat Party destroy this wonderful nation.

That’s why I am going all out to defeat Hillary Clinton by electing Donald Trump as the next President of the United States.  He was not my first choice.  He leaves much to be desired.  But, it’s either Hillary or Donald and when put in those stark terms, I am foursquare behind defeating Hillary Clinton and electing Donald Trump.

You and I hold the key to victory.  You might say that we hold the Trump card.

I went into it in detail the last time I wrote to you.

Together, you and I can not only defeat Hillary Clinton, we can set back the Democrat Party for decades.

By running radio (and funds available, television) ads in the eight swing states reaching out to African Americans, we can ensure that Hillary Clinton is soundly defeated, and that Donald Trump, with Ben Carson as his key confidant, is elected president.

You already know what we accomplished in 2014 by running radio ads to African Americans in North Carolina and Louisiana.  We raised the black vote for the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina from 1% to 18%.

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana sit in the Senate today because of the $512,000 in radio ads paid for and run by this Committee.

And, with Ben Carson as the spokesman for our radio ads, the black vote for Donald Trump is sure to rise above 18%.

In fact, do you know that Charles Evers, the 93 year old brother of slain Civil Rights Leader, Medgar Evers has endorsed Donald Trump?

Charles Evers was a NAACP field secretary and the first black mayor in Mississippi, post re-construction.  He is still very sharp and we may ask him to also do radio ads on black radio stations in the eight key swing states.

As I mentioned previously, I have not yet asked Dr. Ben Carson to speak in our radio ads since the Republican convention in Cleveland has not yet taken place.  And, I want to be able to tell him that we are well on our way to reaching our goal of $3.6 million when I do so.  $3.6 million is the estimated amount we will need to saturate black radio stations in the eight key swing states with our ads.

We want to reach out to African American voters in the eight so-called swing states that will determine the outcome of the 2016 presidential race.  Those swing states are Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Colorado, and New Mexico.

That’s why I’m asking for your help again today so that we can begin reserving advertising time.

As you know, advertising time is precious and the closer we get to the election, the more difficult and the more expensive this time will be.

Remember, this election is the point of no return for our nation.

Today, we have about $392,000 on hand.  That’s up from $300,000 one month ago.  We have paid off almost all of our campaign debts and our monthly expenses have gone from more than $400,000 at the height of Dr. Carson’s campaign to just a couple of thousand dollars today.

Virtually every dollar is going toward this critical radio effort to African Americans.

Can I count on your support again today?

Your dollars, no matter the amount you send, are critical to the success of this effort to insure the defeat of Hillary Clinton.

I do hope that you will be able to help with a gift today.

Every dollar counts.

Please let me hear from you in the next 24 hours.

Sincerely,



John Philip Sousa IV
National Chairman
The 2016 Committee