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Republican candidates on Syrian refugees, closing down mosques, Christian terrorists

Ben Carson on Syrian refugees: “If there’s a rabid dog running around in your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you’re probably going to put your children out of the way. Let me add that if the dog is a collie, to protect your children you’re probably going to want to shoot all collies.”

Donald Trump on closing down mosques: “We’re going to have to look at a lot of things very closely. We’re going to have to look at the mosques. We’re going to have to look at Episcopal churches. We’re going to have to look very, very carefully.” Trump went on to say that most of the Episcopalians he knew were Democrats and “very soft” on immigration issues.

Ted Cruz on who are terrorists: “There is no meaningful risk of Christians committing acts of terror.” When asked about Timothy McVeigh and Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho, Cruz acknowledged that McVeigh was raised Roman Catholic and Cho in a Christian Church, “but both became agnostics. And yes, I would ban all agnostics . . . and Koreans,” Cruz said, “and Episcopalians.”