Exposed: Ben Carson Doubles Down On Wildly Hypocritical Comments No Muslim Should Be President

Ben Carson explains why he believes Muslims should never be president, and his reason is wildly, blatantly hypocritical.

Sunday on “Meet The Press” Ben Carson told Chuck Todd no Muslim should ever be president. “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that,” he said. 

Later that day, Carson doubled down on his comments, insisting the president should be “sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran.” The Hill reports Carson “believes a Muslim would be unfit to serve as commander in chief.”

“I do not believe Sharia is consistent with the Constitution of this country,” Carson said. “Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that’s inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.”

Let’s take another look at that.

Carson says having your religion be “very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official” is “inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.”

Here’s Ben Carson late last year, telling Pat Robertson’s CBN network he “feels fingers” of God grabbing him by the collar to run for president.

“We recognize that we are being instruments in the hand of God, he is the one who really orchestrates all of this,” Carson said. “He is the one who really orchestrates all of this.”

“We are, in fact, a Judeo-Christian nation,” Carson told CBN’s David Brody. 

So, let’s remember, having your religion be “very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official” is “inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.”

Carson has also made comments invoking God as policy-maker.

“What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system, and the one that I’ve advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy,” Carson has said.

And just last month, Carson told a crowd in Iowa that it is time for Americans “to realize that there’s nothing wrong with living by godly principles – of loving your fellow man, caring about your neighbor, developing your God-given talents to the utmost so that you become valuable to the people around you, having values and principles that govern your life.”

“And if we do that, not only will we remain a pinnacle nation, but we will truly have one nation, under God.”

Which is fine, but you can’t say all that then say, “Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that’s inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution,” and therefore a Muslim cannot be president, and not be hugely hypocritical.

 

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