On Hannity tonight, Carson said that “we do not put people at the leadership of our country whose faith might interfere with them carrying out the duties of the Constitution,” which he insisted applies to every faith, not just Islam.
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But he still singled out Islam in particular, saying any Muslim candidate should reject the more controversial tenets of their faith and accept the American way of life, which he assumed would make them “heretics” to the faith.
Hannity noticed he was ever-so-slightly tempering his earlier remarks and asked, “Did you mean to say radical Islamist?” Carson said, “That was implied.”
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