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McCain slams Cruz's call for religious test for refugees
The Hill ^ | 11/18/15 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 11/17/2015 11:56:31 AM PST by VinL

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday panned the idea of favoring Christian refugees from Syria over Muslims, delivering a rebuttal to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a GOP presidential candidate.

McCain said using a religious test on Syrian refugees, especially children, makes no sense.

“I don’t think any child, whether they are Christian or whether they are atheist or whether they are Buddhist, that we should make a distinction,” McCain said. “My belief is that all children are God’s children.”

It’s a rare example of McCain siding with President Obama, who defeated him in the 2008 presidential election, on a hot-button political topic.

Cruz and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush over the weekend said efforts to resettle refugees from Syria should focus on Christians.

"There is no meaningful risk of Christians committing acts of terror,” Cruz said at a Sunday event in South Carolina, according to The Washington Post. “If there were a group of radical Christians pledging to murder anyone who had a different religious view than they, we would have a different national security situation."

Bush on Sunday told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the U.S. “should focus our efforts as it relates to the refugees with the Christians that are being slaughtered.”

McCain’s comments Tuesday backed up Obama, who earlier this week called a religious test “shameful” and “not American.”

Bush, however, softened his stance in an interview with Bloomberg Politics on Tuesday.

“The answer to this is not to ban people from coming. The answer is to lead, to resolve the problem in Syria,” he said.

Noting public worries over the vetting of refugees, he said that “if there’s any kind of concern, we shouldn’t allow people in.”

“But I don’t think we should eliminate our support for refugees,” he added.

McCain said Tuesday “there should be no litmus test” for the religious affiliation of refugees as long as they are vetted and determined not to pose a threat.

“Are we going to differentiate children by their religion? I don’t think so,” he said.

McCain blamed what he called Obama’s “failed, feckless” policy in Syria for the violence that has sent hundreds of thousands of migrants flooding into Europe.

“The decisions by the president of the United States, the commander-in-chief, have put us into this position where we’re fighting over refugees


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Syria; US: Arizona; US: Florida; US: South Carolina; US: Texas; War on Terror
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McCain said, "My belief is that all children are God's children."

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Those who you defend don't share that belief, John.

1 posted on 11/17/2015 11:56:31 AM PST by VinL
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To: VinL

FUJM
Rinse.
Repeat.


2 posted on 11/17/2015 11:58:01 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: VinL

FUJM


3 posted on 11/17/2015 11:58:07 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. O)
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To: VinL

McQuegg speaks from the asylum.


4 posted on 11/17/2015 11:58:22 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: VinL

I didn’t realize the attackers in Paris were all children


5 posted on 11/17/2015 11:58:48 AM PST by digger48
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To: VinL

Christians are being murdered by Muslims. Christians are the real refugees.

Why is that hard to say or understand?


6 posted on 11/17/2015 11:58:58 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: VinL

“McCain helps Cruz”

Details at 11......


7 posted on 11/17/2015 11:59:36 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read)
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To: VinL

Lil' johnnie with some of God's Chilrun'.

8 posted on 11/17/2015 11:59:44 AM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: VinL

Why doesn’t McStain slam Omuslim’s test that favors muslims over Christians?


9 posted on 11/17/2015 12:00:10 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: VinL

Yes Juan. But you MUST admit that some have been kidnapped and reprogrammed by Satan.


10 posted on 11/17/2015 12:00:16 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: VinL

It is not a religious test, it is a violence test.


11 posted on 11/17/2015 12:00:25 PM PST by LachlanMinnesota
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To: VinL

And God had them born THERE, not HERE.


12 posted on 11/17/2015 12:00:38 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
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To: VinL
McCain supports Islamic terrorism at the highest levels.


13 posted on 11/17/2015 12:00:55 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: VinL

14 posted on 11/17/2015 12:01:08 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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. . . It is a rare example of McCain siding with President Obama . . .
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No, it is not rare at all, actually it is quite common.


15 posted on 11/17/2015 12:01:34 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: VinL

I think the man has Dementia or Alzheimers. He gets crazier with every passing year. Time to Retire.


16 posted on 11/17/2015 12:01:53 PM PST by Qwackertoo (Worst 8 years ever, First Affirmative Action President, I hope those who did this to us SUFFER MOST!)
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"McCain said, "My belief is that all children are God's children."

Well, your belief doesn't square with Scripture.

Go check yourself into an institution, already.

17 posted on 11/17/2015 12:02:17 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: VinL

McCain opposes Cruz. Again. Affirms that Ted’s on the right track.


18 posted on 11/17/2015 12:03:02 PM PST by FourPeas ("Conservatism's worked every time it's been tried." -Rush)
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To: Da Coyote

You said it before I could!


19 posted on 11/17/2015 12:03:32 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: VinL

It is a security test not a religious test. McCain is not very bright.


20 posted on 11/17/2015 12:03:36 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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