CNN host Abby Phillip asked Ben Carson if he ever saw the Ten Commandments on display at any of Donald Trump’s properties after he defended the former president’s comments supporting a Louisiana law mandating that the commandments be displayed in every public school.
Trump came out in support of the Ten Commandments being displayed in Louisiana schools on Friday. On his Truth Social platform Trump wrote: “I love the Ten Commandments in public schools, private schools, and many other places, for that matter. Read it — How can we, as a nation, go wrong??? This may be, in fact, the first major step in the revival of religion, which is desperately needed, in our country. Bring back TTC!!! MAGA2024.”
In an interview with CNN NewsNight on Friday, Carson was asked by Phillip: “Have you ever seen the Ten Commandments up at any Trump properties?
“I haven’t specifically seen them. I don’t know if they are there or not,” Carson answered.
“Shouldn’t they be?”Phillip asked To which Carson responded: “I wouldn’t object to them being there. I don’t object to them not being there.”
“If they’re such universal tenants, why are they not up where former President Trump controls what happens?” Phillip pressed. “I mean, he owns those properties, he operates them, he could put them up. Shouldn’t they be up?”
Carson answered: “This is not about [former] President Trump. This is about what’s happening to the moral fiber of our nation.”
Louisiana is already being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation, over the new law which they call “blatantly unconstitutional.”
“The first amendment promises that we all get to decide for ourselves what religious beliefs, if any, to hold and practice, without pressure from the government. Politicians have no business imposing their preferred religious doctrine on students and families in public schools,” the civil liberties groups said in a joint statement.
“Louisiana’s communities and public schools are religiously diverse, yet HB 71 would require school officials to promote specific religious beliefs to which people of many faiths, and those of no faith, do not subscribe.”
