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Tuesday 22 September 2015

Republican Ben Carson claims benefits from Muslim criticism

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks in momentum in the unruly not going to vote for a Mus- States Constitution.”
Greenville, S.C. Carson is refusing to back off his weekend Republican presidential lim either,” Bennett said. “I “Not long ago, some peo-
charge that Muslims shouldn’t serve in the presidency. race. But it also highlights don’t mind the hubbub. ple thought that a Catholic
a sentiment among voters It’s not hurting us, that’s for cannot be a president, an
(AP Photo/Richard Shiro) in both parties who agree sure.” Carson, a devout African-American cannot
with Carson’s reluctance Christian, is running just be- be a president,” said Nihad
STEVE PEOPLES off his weekend charge to elect a Muslim to the na- hind businessman Donald Awad, executive director
tion’s highest office. Trump among Republican of the Council on Ameri-
Associated Press that a Muslim shouldn’t be Carson’s campaign re- voters in Iowa, whose cau- can-Islamic relations. “They
ported strong fundraising cuses next February will kick were wrong then, and they
WASHINGTON (AP) — Re- elected as U.S. president. and more than 100,000 off the state-by-state nomi- are wrong now.” He cited
new Facebook friends in nating contests. Carson is Article 6 in the Constitution,
publican White House con- The intensifying political fall- the 24 hours after he told drawing support among which states, “no religious
NBC’s “Meet the Press” on the large bloc of socially test shall ever be required
tender Ben Carson shook out is a distraction at least Sunday, “I would not advo- conservative evangelicals as a qualification to any of-
cate that we put a Muslim in the Midwestern state. fice or public trust under the
off growing criticism and as the retired neurosurgeon in charge of this nation.” The head of the nation’s United States.”At least one
His campaign manager largest Muslim advocacy Republican joined a chorus
refused Monday to back tries to capitalize on recent Barry Bennett told The As- group called on Carson to of Democrats condemning
sociated Press on Monday: drop out of the 2016 presi- Carson’s statement.
“While the left wing is huff- dential contest during a South Carolina Sen. Lindsey
ing and puffing over it, Re- Capitol Hill press confer- Graham said Sunday that
publican primary voters are ence on Monday, declar- the comment “shows that
with us at least 80-20.” ing him “unfit to lead be- Dr. Carson is not ready to
“People in Iowa particu- cause his views are in con- be commander in chief.”
larly, are like, ‘Yeah! We’re tradiction with the United q

Hispanic protesters heckle Jeb Bush

SERGIO BUSTOS wants to secure the border
Associated Press with Mexico before deal-
HOUSTON (AP) — Republi- ing with millions of people
can presidential candidate here illegally. Mary More-
Jeb Bush pushed back no, communications direc-
against more than a dozen tor of the Texas Organizing
protesters who repeatedly Project, which planned
heckled him Monday with Monday’s protest, said her
chants of “No hope with- group wanted to call at-
out our vote” as he tried to tention to “the hostile at-
address a national Hispan- mosphere being created
ic business group. by the GOP field of presi-
The former Florida gover- dential candidates.”
nor was forced to halt his The demonstrators held
speech before the U.S. His- large signs, with one asking
panic Chamber of Com- “Who is the real Jeb Bush?”
merce in Houston to remind Another read “One of us?”
those shouting that he sup- and was paired alongside
ports a pathway to citizen- one that read “Or one of
ship for children of people them?”
in the U.S. illegally, a group The latter featured a photo
often called “DREAMers.” of Bush with Republican
They take their name from front-runner Donald Trump
the acronym for legislation at last Wednesday’s presi-
that lays out a process to- dential candidates’ de-
ward citizenship for immi- bate in California.
grant children who were Bush, whose wife was born
brought into the country in Mexico, supports the
illegally and grew up in long-delayed DREAM Act
the U.S. benefiting immigrant chil-
But like other Republican dren brought into the U.S.
presidential hopefuls, Bush illegally.q