Comments by Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson about a Muslim president in the White House “undermines his qualification” to run for the 2016 presidential race as they are “clearly wrong” based on the United States Constitution, says a professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota.
Carson “committed a blunder” when he spoke against the idea of a Muslim president running the country, said James Henry Fetzer in a Monday phone interview with Press TV, quoting an excerpt of the country’s constitution.
“While he may have felt he was making a popular appeal that many people are distrustful because of the demonization of Muslims in the wake of 9/11, he was clearly wrong and that undermines his qualification to serve as president himself,” Fetzer said.
Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner, has also commented on the matter, saying, a Muslim in the White House is "something that could happen.
Asked whether he would be comfortable with a Muslim president of the US, Trump said, “Some people have said it already happened, frankly," in a clear reference to President Barack Obama.
Fetzer referred to Obama’s birth certificate issue, a topic also discussed in his last show, saying, “Even if Obama were a Muslim that would not disqualify him from serving as president of the United States.”
Trump’s comments were made a day after he told CNN that he loves Muslims and that he would contemplate putting a Muslim in his cabinet.
"I love the Muslims. I think they're great people," the billionaire said after delivering a lecture to high school students in Urbandale, Iowa.
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