Unsurprisingly, the Trump supporter believes that the President in a Muslim.
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Not surprisingly, there has been a complicated morass of Islamophobia for some time, especially since 9/11. It all came to a head this past week in an eerie (but expected) alternate replay of John McCain’s admirable hand slap of a froth-at-the-mouth Birther in 2008.
When pressed again by Pelley about “the bigotry part”, Trump said, “He said mostly about Obama….”
“So, if (he) wants to be president one day, I don’t want that to be limited by someone saying that he can not because he’s a Muslim“, she said.
Psalm 33:12 reminds us, as it informed them, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord”.
“If it fits within the realm of America and [is] consistent with the Constitution, no problem”, Carson said of a president’s personal faith.
And, to Carson, why not? It’s his third stop in the state as a candidate. Bashing Muslims should do the trick, right? For this primary season, it just works. Nonetheless, the retired neurosurgeon appeared to allege he did not consider Muslims’ religion would permit them to emphasise their country over their faith, describing Islam as “a faith in that does not traditionally separate church and state, in that traditionally has a theocracy”. And it’s not just Republicans, either.
Postscript: Incidentally, why would right-wing activists believe there are secret Muslim “training camps” in the United States? It’s more likely that I’d interpret the book in a way that makes the most sense to me, based on the facts-and biases-I’ve already internalized. I presume the idea is that he will read the Muslim holy book, and suddenly change his mind. However, Carson also told The Hill about Taqiyya, which is a practice in Shia Islam that says it is okay to lie to achieve one’s goals. There was white anxiety over Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali’s activism in the 1960s, and it hasn’t changed today, with rising nervousness over the approach of the Million Man March 20th anniversary.
Hillary Rodham Clinton weighed in on Twitter Monday, posting a quote from Article VI of the Constitution, prohibiting a religious test for federal office.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Monday that he “absolutely” stood by his comments about not supporting a Muslim president, while also clarifying that he was referring to Muslims who had not rejected Islamic Sharia law.
“He is unfit to lead”, Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, said.
Which means that the bigot-inspired debate (as disturbing as it is) should present a national opportunity to shed needed light on the nation’s Muslims, as opposed to a conversation consumed by ratchet sound bites.
It is perfectly constitutional to elect someone with values that will destroy America. What do I tell them? Both are multiterm re-elected congressmen from major urban districts sitting on key House committees, such as Financial Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Carson tells reporters in Ohio on Tuesday that his view is that anyone wanting to be president must embrace the Constitution and American principles.
