Fox News Sunday interviews during 2015: on Civil Rights


Donald Trump: I'm "fine" with affirmative action, for now

Q: You said that you're "fine" with affirmative action. What about those who say the time for that kind of preferential treatment has come and gone?

TRUMP: I'm fine with it, but we have it, it's there. But it's coming to a time when maybe we don't need it. That would be a wonderful thing. I don't think we need it so much anymore. It has served its place, and it served its time. Some people have loved it and some people don't like it at all. But I think there will be a time when you don't need it.

Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 Coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Oct 18, 2015

Chris Christie: Churches can use sexual orientation; businesses can't

Q: Should businesses be allowed to decide whether or not to serve gays or anyone else based on religious freedom?

CHRISTIE: Religious institutions should be able to decide how they conduct their religious activity. The rest of the folks in the United States need to follow the law. We need to enforce the law in this country in every respect, not just the laws we like, but all the laws. This way we won't have sanctuary cities in this country when I'm president of the United States, and we won't have people getting high on marijuana in Colorado and Washington if the federal law says you shouldn't.

Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Aug 30, 2015

James Webb: Doing away with Confederate iconography is secondary issue

Q: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants to ban certain state flags from the House side of the Capitol. Democrats would like to ban Confederate symbols from federal cemeteries. So is this racial healing or part of political grandstanding?

WEBB: Unfortunately, I think you're seeing it from both sides. We're seeing an issue which should have been resolved and now is resolve, flying the Confederate battle flag in public places morphing into something much different. I asked [advisor and African American] Nelson Jones what was he hearing down in Houston on this issue? He said he was just at the barber shop and the brothers said, "Here we go again, when are we going to talk about jobs? When are we going to talk about education? When are we going to talk about harmony and bringing people together?" And that's what inclusive leadership needs to be.

Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Jul 12, 2015

  • The above quotations are from Fox News Sunday interviews during 2015
    (Chris Wallace interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races).
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