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BOULDER, Colo. — Ben Carson says he doesn’t have any problem with Donald Trump raising questions about his faith.
After two polls came out showing Carson topping Trump in Iowa, the billionaire Republican frontrunner seemed to subtly — or not so subtly, depending on your perspective — question whether Carson’s faith was mainstream enough during a speech in Jacksonville, Florida last weekend.
“I’m Presbyterian,” Trump said out of the blue “Boy, that’s down the middle of the road, folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don’t know about. I just don’t know about.”
Carson is an active Seventh-day Adventist, a Christian denomination with certain doctrines that have been questioned by other Christian denominations in the past. Trump later claimed he raised Carson’s faith only to say he doesn’t know much about it — not to disparage it. But many believe he brought up Carson’s religion to highlight to evangelical Iowa voters that Carson’s version of Christianity may be too exotic for their liking.
Appearing before reporters in the spin room before Wednesday night’s CNBC Republican debate, Carson said he is prepared to discuss his religious faith if the topic is raised.
“I am very happy to discuss that,” he said to the Washington Post’s Bob Costa.
Asked by The Daily Caller if he thinks questions of faith are fair game, considering he recently said it would be appropriate to question the religious beliefs of a Muslim candidate for president, Carson responded: “I don’t have any problem with it.”