Jindal: I’d Vote For A Muslim Prez Who Honors US ‘Judeo-Christian Heritage’

Republican presidential candidate, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, C... Republican presidential candidate, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Monday criticized NBC’s Chuck Todd for asking Republican presidential candidates like Ben Carson whether they would support a Muslim candidate for president, and then offered the assurances he would need from a Muslim candidate.

“This is a dumb game that the press is playing. It is an absurd hypothetical question,” he said in a Monday statement.

But he added that he would “indulge the media for a moment and play their gotcha game.”

“If you can find me a Muslim candidate who is a Republican, who will fight hard to protect religious liberty, who will respect the Judeo-Christian heritage of America, who will be committed to destroying ISIS and radical Islam, who will condemn cultures that treat women as second class citizens and who will place their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution, then yes, I will be happy to consider voting for him or her,” he said. “If you can’t, I’ll settle for voting for a Christian Governor from Louisiana.”

When asked on Sunday whether he would support a Muslim presidential candidate, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.” He stood by his statement later in the day, noting that he doesn’t think “Sharia is consistent with the Constitution of this country.”

When asked about Carson’s comment by Iowa Public Television, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said it would be unconstitutional to bar a Muslim candidate from the presidential race.

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  1. “If you can’t, I’ll settle for voting for a Christian Governor from Louisiana.”

    IDIOT

    Hey Bobby, is the time right yet to talk about gun control?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtGZBWRmLA

    This is from 1976 Bobby. HOW LONG DO WE WAIT, BOBBY???

  2. yeah… nuance… its always about nuance…

  3. Somebody should ask Jindal whether a Hindu is qualified to be President.

  4. Avatar for wwss wwss says:

    Again, I sound like a broken record, but the proper term would be Judeo-Christian-Islam simply because all three religions share the same source, and are termed the Abrahamic religions, as they became monotheistic with Abraham. Most Christians are totally dumbfounded when they discover Moses, Jesus, and whole slew of other familiar characters are in the Quran. I would expect a Rhodes Scholar to have that knowledge, but then again, we are talking Piyush here.

  5. ONE MUSLIn PRESiDEnt IS ENOUGH. CreEPing SHARia and sociaLISITIC utOPIARy DREAMs of OUR KENYAN muslin fATHER IS Already PROVEn to BE DISASTOROUS!1!!1!one!11!!!

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