AP
By David Eggert
September 23, 2015
Republican
presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday he welcomes immigrants
to America, but they cannot alter “who we are.”
The
retired neurosurgeon, speaking at a Christian college in his native
Michigan, said he wants to preserve the U.S. as “Judeo-Christian.” He
has blamed political correctness
for the fallout over his recent statement against electing a Muslim
president, which he later clarified by saying he would be open to a
moderate Muslim who denounces radical Islam.
“I
have no interest in being like everybody else and giving away all of
our values and principles for the sake of political correctness,” Carson
told a crowd at Spring
Arbor University near Jackson, about 75 miles west of Detroit, where he
grew up and launched his campaign in May. “There is such a thing as an
American dream and the American way. Anybody is welcome to come to
America, but they don’t get to change who we are.”
Carson has been among the leading GOP contenders in recent polls.
In
his 30-minute speech, he told of rising from poverty with the help of
his single mother. He accused Democrats of dividing Americans, calling
the “war on women” a “phony
thing” and “all hype.” He said his life was “shaped and made successful
by women.”
The
Detroit area has one of the largest Middle Eastern populations in the
country, with Arab-Muslims representing the largest ethnic group of
Muslims in the area.
Carson
pointed to nations where women are not allowed to drive, their court
testimony is worth less than men and they are treated like “chattel.”
“We do not want to import that type of ideology into America,” he said to sustained applause.
In
a question-and-answer session with the crowd, Carson said he would
revamp the Department of Veterans Affairs so veterans attend its
hospitals for specialty care — brain
injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder treatment, limb replacement
and research — but not necessarily routine services, so chronic delays
would be avoided. He decried targeted violence against police, saying
every profession has some “inappropriate” actors
but law enforcement still deserves respect.
“If a police officer stops you,” Carson said, “don’t give him a bunch of lip.”
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