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Ben Carson called racist after saying a Muslim shouldn’t be president

carsonmuslimOn Sunday, Ben Carson said that he does not believe a Muslim should be elected president, and said the Islamic faith is inconsistent with the Constitution.

“I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” he said. “I absolutely would not agree with that.”  Immediately, the outrage machine went into overdrive.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group linked to the terrorist group Hamas, said it would hold a press conference on Monday demanding he withdraw from the presidential race for daring to speak an opinion they do not approve of.  Of course, CAIR thinks that it is now our overlords and the final arbiter of what Americans can say or think.

Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?

Some on Twitter reacted by calling Carson racist.  Funny, I thought Islam was a religion, not a race.  Silly me.

https://twitter.com/cheneywatch/status/645705025839173632

https://twitter.com/AdamInOakland/status/645676752707063808

Too late…

But they are…

https://twitter.com/SeanRNicol/status/645653110430539776

No doubt these are the same kind of low-information idiots who can probably see racism in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

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So, is Islam a religion or a race?  And is it now a requirement to get CAIR’s approval before uttering a statement or holding an opinion?  It sure looks like it.

By the way, here’s video of Carson’s statement.  What do you think?  Was he out of line?

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Joe Newby

A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Joe ran for a city council position in Riverside, Calif., in 1991 and managed successful campaigns for the Idaho state legislature. Co-author of "Banned: How Facebook enables militant Islamic jihad," Joe wrote for Examiner.com from 2010 until it closed in 2016 and his work has been published at Newsbusters, Spokane Faith and Values and other sites. He now runs the Conservative Firing Line.

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