“Obama’s new domestic terrorism plan probably requires Americans to memorize Koran verses.”
— Mike Huckabee, writing for Fox News.
Huckabee Calls on Ryan to Block Syrian Refugees
Mike Huckabee called on House Speaker Paul Ryan “to prevent more Syrian refugees from entering the country without assurances that they can be sussed out from potential terrorist threats in their midst,” Politico reports.
Said Huckabee: “It’s embarrassing when a left-wing socialist French President shows strength and determination to eradicate animals who are slaughtering innocent civilians while our President lectures us on the moral necessity to open our borders to tens of thousands of un-vetted people from the Middle East.”
He added: “If Ryan will not lead and reject the importation of those fleeing the Middle East without assurances that we can separate refugees from terrorists, then Speaker Ryan needs to step down today and let someone else lead.”
Huckabee Wants U.S. Borders Closed
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in France, Mike Huckabee called for closing U.S. borders and imposing moratorium on U.S. admitting people “from countries where there is strong presence of ISIS or Al-Qaeda,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Huckabee: “During the debate last week, I stated that we should not admit those claiming to be Syrian refugees and was condemned by the left for that position. I was right and the events in Paris affirm that. Even the far left and politically correct government of France has closed its borders.”
Quote of the Day
“Gun-free zones are an invitation to someone who knows he’ll have several minutes of unrestricted carnage.”
— Mike Huckabee, in a CNBC interview.
Huckabee Says Obama Pretends to be a Christian
Mike Huckabee told Newsmax that President Obama “pretends to be” a Christian.
Said Huckabee: “I’m less concerned about what faith the person has. I’m more concerned about the authenticity of their faith and how that plays out in their politics … I’m also concerned about a guy that believes he’s a Christian and pretends to be and then says he is, but then does things that makes it very difficult for people to practice their Christian faith.”
Huckabee Says Dred Scott Still ‘Law of Land’
Mike Huckabee said the Dred Scott decision denying U.S. citizenship to African-Americans is the law of the land even though it was overturned by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified in 1868., The Hill reports.
Said Huckabee: “The Dred Scott decision of 1857 still remains to this day the law of the land, which says that black people aren’t fully human. Does anybody still follow the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision?”
Huckabee Offers to Go to Jail
“Republicans rallied around Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis on Tuesday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, with longshot presidential contender Mike Huckabee going so far as to wish he could go to jail in her stead,” Politico reports.
Said Huckabee: “If somebody needs to go to jail then I’m willing to go in her place and I mean that because I’m tired of watching people being just harassed because they believe something of their faith.”
Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion to 10-Year-Old
“Mike Huckabee supports Paraguay’s decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim,” the Huffington Post reports.
Said Huckabee: “Let nobody be misled, a 10-year-old girl being raped is horrible, but does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child? When I think about one horror, I also think about the possibilities that exist and I just don’t want to think that somehow we discounted a human life … Let’s not compound the tragedy by taking yet another life.”
Huckabee Doubles Down on Holocaust Remark
Mike Huckabee told the Today Show that if he was president, he would use the same language when referring to potential deals with Iran — and that the response from Jewish people to his controversial comments has been “overwhelmingly positive.”
Said Huckabee: “We need to use strong words when people make strong threats.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“The particular comments of Mr. Huckabee are I think part of just a general pattern we’ve seen… that would be considered ridiculous if it weren’t so sad. Maybe this is just an effort to push Mr. Trump out of the headlines but it’s not the kind of leadership that’s needed for America right now.”
— President Obama, quoted by ABC News, on Mike Huckabee’s inflammatory comments on the Iran deal.
Huckabee: Love Is Too Emotional
While defending his opposition to same-sex marriage during a CNN interview, Mike Huckabee criticized the modern conception of love as too “emotional and sentimental.”
Huckabee Wouldn’t Enforce Gay Marriage Decision
Mike Huckabee suggested that if he were elected president in 2016, he would decline to enforce the Supreme Court decision finding a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Hcukabee: “I would say, when the Congress provides enabling legislation and the people’s representatives vote and it gets to my desk, then we’ll consider it. This was done through a court edict of five unelected lawyers, a part of a committee, who decided that they knew better than the legislators.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We’re called upon not to be the thermometers that reflect the temperature in the culture. We’re called upon to be thermostats, which can read the temperature and seek to adjust it to where it should be.”
— Mike Huckabee, quoted by the Washington Post.
Huckabee Says He’s Being ‘Baited’ on Confederate Flag
Mike Huckabee doesn’t like being asked about the Confederate battle flag, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Huckabee: “Everyone’s being baited with this question, as if somehow that has anything to do whatsoever with running for president. And my position is, it most certainly does not.”
Huckabee Co-Author Accused of Child Molestation
John Perry, a prolific conservative author who co-wrote two books with Mike Huckabee and co-wrote one with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, was accused of child molestation in two separate lawsuits, BuzzFeed News has found.
“A 2012 police investigation of Perry’s alleged offenses found that ‘the allegations of sexual battery were sustained’ but that the statute of limitations had expired.”
Mike Huckabee Ponders Topless Women
Mike Huckabee said that it’s getting harder to keep up with feminists who, on one hand, call tabloids regularly featuring topless models “sexist,” and on the other hand fill “the internet with topless photos of themselves” to protest public nudity laws, BuzzFeed reports.
Said Huckabee: “It’s getting harder to keep up with what you’re supposed to believe to be a good feminist… Are topless photos of women an offensive display of sexism, or an empowering display against sexism? I have a feeling most men don’t care much either way.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Now I wish that someone told me that when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE. I’m pretty sure that I would have found my feminine side and said, ‘Coach, I think I’d rather shower with the girls today.'”
— Mike Huckabee, quoted by BuzzFeed, calling the growing acceptance of transgender people “ridiculous.”
Huckabee Will Skip Iowa Straw Poll
Mike Huckabee writes in the Des Moines Register that he will not participate in Iowa’s 2016 Republican straw poll because it only “weakens conservative candidates” and strengthens “the Washington ruling class and their handpicked candidates.”
