Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders applies a religious litmus test to Christians in public service positions, but when it comes to applying the same standard to Muslims, the Vermont senator claimed that they should instead be judged by their “views [and] abilities” instead “of their religion.”
Sanders prefaced his disqualifying comment towards Vought by intensely questioning him regarding his faith and an article he wrote explaining that Christians and Muslims worship different gods.
“Let me get to this issue that has bothered me and bothered many other people. You wrote, ‘Muslims do not simply have a deficient theology. They do not know God because they have rejected Jesus Christ, His Son, and they stand condemned.’ Do you believe that that statement is Islamophobic?” Sanders asked.
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