Sanders scolds Carson for Muslim remark
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says GOP candidate Ben Carson was out of line to suggest that a Muslim shouldn’t be president.
“I am very disappointed that Dr. Carson would suggest that a Muslim should not become president of the United States,” Sanders said in a statement released late Sunday. “It took us too long to overcome the prejudice against electing a Catholic or an African-American president. People should be elected to office based on their ideas, not their religion or the color of their skin.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/254327-sanders-scolds-carson-for-muslim-remark
Bernie Sanders Slams Ben Carson's Comments on a Muslim President
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bernie-sanders-slams-ben-carsons-comments-muslim-president-n430706
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"This is the year 2015," Sanders told NBC News while talking with reporters after celebrating a campaign field office opening in Portsmouth.
"For a long, long time in the history of America, there were people who would say, 'you know, we don't want a Catholic to be president of the United States.' And then John F. Kennedy became president in 1960," Sanders said. "And then people said, 'oh, we don't want a black guy, African American to be president of the United States,' and then finally Barack Obama became president of the United States."
He continued, "Look, you judge candidates for president not on their religion, not on the color of their skin, but on their ideas on what they stand for. That's what democracy is supposed to be about. So I was very disappointed in Dr. Carson's statement and I disagree with him."
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