CNN GOP Town Hall in S.C.: on Principles & Values


Jeb Bush: Other candidates' religion is none of my business

Q [to Donald Trump]: The pope said "a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be, and not of building bridges is not Christian."

TRUMP: He was talking about the border--the government of Mexico spoke with the Pope--

Q: Wait, you think that the government of Mexico somehow got the Pope to say this?

TRUMP: Absolutely. But the pope talked about having a wall is not Christian, and he's got an awfully big wall at the Vatican.

Q [to Bush]: Do you agree with the Pope suggesting Donald Trump is not Christian?

BUSH: I always get in trouble when the Pope says things, because I'm a Catholic. I'm informed by my faith, and he is an inspirational leader of my church. But I don't question people's Christianity. I think that's a relationship they have with their lord and savior. So I just don't think it's appropriate to question Donald Trump's faith. He knows what his faith is. And if he has a relationship with the lord, fantastic. If he doesn't, it's none of my business.

Source: 2016 CNN GOP Town Hall in South Carolina Feb 18, 2016

Marco Rubio: Suffers from blue-green color blindness

Q: You mentioned that you're color-blind?

RUBIO: I am.

Q: And that you should have seen your clothes before your wife started picking them out.

RUBIO: Yes, well, we basically are now sticking to reds-and-blues and grays-and-blues because I have trouble distinguishing between blue-and-black, blue-and-purple, green-and-blue.

Q: Those are the colors you can't see?

RUBIO: It's a mess, yes.

Q: Did you always have that?

RUBIO: I didn't know until people started telling me "hey, that's a nice green shirt." I go, "what green--the blue one I have on?" "No, it's green," so yes, I struggle with it.

Source: 2016 CNN GOP Town Hall in South Carolina Feb 17, 2016

  • The above quotations are from CNN GOP Town Hall in South Carolina, Feb. 17-18, 2016 (on eve of South Carolina primary).
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