Todd: And would you ever consider voting for a Muslim for Congress?
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Trump on Saturday said he’s not “morally obligated to defend the president” against inaccurate claims from supporters. “I think about jobs”.
Trump repeatedly expressed doubt that Obama was born in the United States in the run-up to the 2012 election.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn’t believe that a Muslim should be elected president. “It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one“. “You know he is not even an American“, the person stated.
“This is the first time in my life that I have caused controversy by NOT saying something“, Trump tweeted. He then proceeded to read the to the audience before taking questions.
Trump rattled the Republican establishment with a summer surge to the top of the polls, overshadowing expected favorite Jeb Bush, the son and brother of two U.S. presidents.
Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, described as divisive even by members of his own party, has tapped into a vein of anger among like-minded supporters.
“We have a problem in this country“, the man said at the campaign event in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Thursday. “You’ve raised it many times”.
“To me this really means he is not qualified to be president of the United States”, said the group’s spokesman, Ibrahim Hooper. “I thought it was a little harsh”.
That same voter also said that Muslims are a problem in this country, and Mr. Trump didn’t contradict that assertion.
But, in a series of tweets on Saturday, Trump defended himself, saying Obama would not come to his defense in a similar situation.
Speaking in front of Trump and other guests at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011, the president mocked the wealthy billionaire for his support of the so-called “birther movement”.
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Asked whether Islam is consistent with the Constitution, Carson said: “No, I don’t – I do not”. “Obama has been terrible , I will be great”, Trump said.
