Jeb Bush: If ‘You’re A Christian You Can Prove You’re A Christian’
Jeb Bush says only the Syrian refugees who are Christians should be allowed into the U.S., and he thinks Christians have a way to prove their faith.
“Well, you’re a Christian, you can prove you’re a Christian,” Jeb Bush said, interrupting a reporter asking him about his plan to allow only Syrian refugees who are Christian into America.
Asked, “How?,” Bush scoffed, and responded, “I think you can prove it.”
“If you can’t prove it, then, you know,” he said, seemingly going down one road but turning onto another, “you err on the side of caution.”
Bush did not reveal how Christians can prove they are Christians, but warned that Christian families in Syria “will be persecuted.”
WATCH: @jebbush on accepting Christian refugees from Syria: “You’re a Christian, you can prove you’re a Christian.†https://t.co/CT21Vwnamx
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 17, 2015
The flailing GOP presidential candidate now polling around five percent said refugees who are orphans and Christians should be allowed into the U.S., suggesting people of other faiths, likely Muslims, or no faith, should not.
“At a minimum we ought to be bringing in people that have — orphans or people that clearly aren’t going to be terrorists. Or Christians,†Bush said today at a South Carolina campaign stop, ABC News reports. “There are no Christian terrorists in the Middle East, they’re persecuted.â€
Some responses via Twitter:
@ABCPolitics @a_sumbel @JebBush You prove you’re a Christian by NOT turning away humans fleeing bombs.
— Dianne Reum (@LibertyIsALady) November 17, 2015
.@ABCPolitics @jebbush @KenDilanianAP This reminds me uncomfortably of the Inquisition’s tests of faith.
— MuninrepeeK eroL (@munin) November 17, 2015
@ABCPolitics @JebBush Prove it! Make the sign of the cross or you will be persecuted! Vetted!
— Kevin (@kevi180) November 17, 2015
.@ABCPolitics To avoid death or deportation in the Spanish Inquisition, Jews simply had to praise Jesus. Jeb wants more proof.
— Puesto Loco (@PuestoLoco) November 17, 2015
@ABCPolitics @JebBush Love your facial expression when asked HOW one proves they’re Christian. Correct answer: Belief in the Easter Bunny.
— Coalie (@Coalie00) November 17, 2015
@ABCPolitics @JebBush is a goddamned disgrace to America and Christianity. pic.twitter.com/3XdNTrRpij
— Hermes Menusco (@HermesMenusco) November 17, 2015
@ABCPolitics @prisonculture @JebBush so it’s okay to ignore everyone except for Christians in a time of crisis and despair? K
— jahss (@JAS_cudi) November 17, 2015
@ABCPolitics @JebBush what about the Shia? Or the biggest victims, the Yazidis?
— ישר×ל ×§×ַפקע (@IsraelKafka) November 17, 2015
.@ABCPolitics @JebBush It’s like pornography! You can’t describe it, but you know it when you see it! Jeb you’re a genius
— Likes To Fight (@VancouverTim) November 18, 2015
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Image: Screenshot via ABC News

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