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Ben Carson says it would be a mistake to elect a Muslim as U.S. president.

“I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” Carson said in an interview televised on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “I absolutely would not agree with that.”

Carson was asked about a Trump supporter who claimed President Obama is a Muslim at a town hall last week, and whether a president’s faith should matter.

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