“We strongly believe that Mr. Carson is unfit to be president of these United States of America and as an American president, they’re supposed to represent the entire desires and be a representative of all the people, irrespective of race, ethnicity, national origin, creed, or gender”, Walid said. Certainly what’s happening with some Muslims and, you know, the terrorism and everything else, it seems to be pretty much confined there. “I mean, it wasn’t people from Sweden that blew up the World Trade Center, Jake”, Donald Trump said.
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BEN FERGUSON, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: I strongly disagree. “I absolutely would not agree with that”, the Republican presidential candidate said on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.
Several Republican presidential candidates who are Christian, including Carson, oppose same-sex marriage on religious freedom grounds despite the Supreme Court declaring that the Constitution protects that right. I want to support the things that gave me an opportunity to come from nowhere, to rise to a very high position in our society.
Asked why he was campaigning in Ohio, Carson said “I have to be someplace; and Ohio is as good as any place”.
In a post on Facebook on Monday night, Carson said a Muslim could serve as president if they disavow Sharia law in order to get his support.
“The money has been coming in so fast, it’s hard to even keep up with it.”
Ben Carson states his arguable feedback about opposing a possible Muslim president have been taken out of context.
In September 22 columns, David Waters (“Teachable moment for Constitution’s “religious test” “) and Michael Gerson (“Republicans stoke the fire of bigotry”) severely criticized Dr. Ben Carson for “not advocating that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation”. “And you basically shattered my dreams because you said a Muslim person could not become president”.
“It shows that we have come a long way as a people and as a religion”. I want to talk about the vets and how badly they’re treated. “It’s called Muslim… You know our current president is one”. I don’t care what you say.
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Carson raised eyebrows on Sunday by declaring that he would reject a Muslim presidential candidate. Marco Rubio, who told Hannity, “I don’t believe anybody should be disqualified from the presidency because of their denomination or because of their faith”.
