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BEN & CANDY CARSON (TIE)

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Dr. Ben Carson, 69, another of the four people who challenged Trump for the GOP candidacy in 2016 to appear on this list, is a famed neurosurge­on who went on to serve in Trump’s cabinet as Secretary of Housing and Urban Developmen­t from 2017 to 2021. His Twitter account is shared with his wife Candy, with whom he has co-written several books. The account’s tweets regularly focus on politics, and Carson, who is deeply religious, continues to weigh in on a raft of issues, though tweets directly mentioning Trump are rare. He spoke at the right-wing political conference CPAC earlier this year and launched the American Cornerston­e Institute, a conservati­ve think tank he promotes via social media. In April, he tweeted a message commending Trump for having “committed his entire life to bringing good to the world.” Carson remains on the scene in Trumpworld and may still have something to offer in 2025 if another Republican White House emerges from the next presidenti­al election.

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