Amid Ted Cruz's call for GOP unity, and the strong forces from the Republican side ramping up their efforts to stop Donald Trump, the party's polarizing figure and frontrunner is getting a boost from an unlikely source and former rival.

Ben Carson Endorses Trump

Ben Carson, who just recently opted to drop out of the race after a dismal showing in the polls, will be endorsing Trump. The formal announcement will be made in a press conference scheduled on Friday, March 11, 2016, at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Carson is "endorsing me, by the way, tomorrow morning," Trump segued while answering a query on the issue of education during the GOP debate hosted by CNN on Thursday night, March 10. "We spoke for over an hour on education. And he has such a great handle on it. I'm going to have Ben very involved with education, something that's an expertise of his," he said.

In an interview on Fox News, the retired neurosurgeon said that there is more to Trump than meets the eye. "There's two Donald Trumps. There's the Donald Trump that you see on television and who gets out in front of big audiences, and there's the Donald Trump behind the scenes," Carson said. "They're not the same person. One's very much an entertainer, and one is actually a thinking individual."

Meanwhile, as Trump's presidential nomination bid gets a nod from Carson, some people are appalled by yet another assault allegation at one of his campaign events.

Violence in Trump Campaigns

John McGraw, 78, was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after numerous videos have surfaced in social media showing him sucker-punching Rakeem Jones, who protested in a Trump rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, Mar 9, 2016. After the incident, Jones was also seen escorted out from the venue.

McGraw was unapologetic about his actions. "Yes, he deserved it," McGraw said in an interview with the "Inside Edition" on hitting Jones. "The next time we see him, we might have to kill him. We don't know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization."

Trump has been called out by some critics on account of the prevailing physical altercations going on between Trump's camp and the protesters in his rallies. In New Orleans, at least 20 people from the Black Lives Matter movement were aggressively escorted out from a Trump event.

Just recently, Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields accused Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of physical assault after a press conference in Florida. Trump's camp has since denied the allegations.

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