O’Reilly: Carson’s Muslim Comments ‘Another Phony, Manufactured Controversy’

Bill O’Reilly said on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning that the uproar over Ben Carson‘s refusal to vote for a Muslim president was “another phony manufactured controversy” to “divert attention away from [the fact] that the country is going to hell.”

“My take is this; if Dr. Carson doesn’t want to vote for a president if the guy is a Muslim or the girl is Muslim, that’s his opinion,” O’Reilly said. “Under the Constitution, any religion can become president.”

“But he believes, I think, that it doesn’t line up,” O’Reilly said. “We’re a country founded on Judeo-Christian philosophy, that’s a fact… but the whole philosophy of Islam doesn’t stack up against Judeo-Christian. It’s different philosophies.”

“So if you’re going to say ‘Look, I want to adhere to the Judeo-Christian path, than I wouldn’t vote for a Muslim’ …that’s not bigotry. That’s based on your strict understanding of the country.”

Watch, via Fox:

“This is another phony manufactured controversy.” @oreillyfactor on media reaction to Ben Carson comments https://t.co/Oekho6N7Tx

— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) September 22, 2015

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