MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Thursday that blocking potential terrorists posing as Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. is akin to handling a rabid dog.
At a campaign stop in Alabama, Carson said halting Syrian resettlement in the U.S. doesn’t mean America lacks compassion.
“If there’s a rabid dog running around in your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog,” Carson said. “It doesn’t mean you hate all dogs, but you’re putting your intellect into motion.”
Carson said that to “protect my children,” he would “call the humane society and hopefully they can come take this dog away and create a safe environment once again.”
He continued: “By the same token, we have to have in place screening mechanisms that allow us to determine who the mad dogs are, quite frankly. Who are the people who want to come in here and hurt us and want to destroy us?”