Roy Moore compares Muslims to Nazis, says unfit to be part of US legislature

Moore's been embroiled in controversy since allegations of child molestation surfaced against him

Ted Crockett, spokesman for former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, was corrected by a news anchor on his assertion that elected officials in the US have to swear an oath on a Christian Bible.

Crockett made this claim while appearing on CNN, and was promptly corrected by anchor Jake Tapper. Crocket had made this assertion when explaining why Moore has stated that Muslims are unfit to serve in the legislature.



"Because you have to swear on the Bible... to be an elected official in the United States of America. [Moore] alleges that a Muslim cannot do that ethically, swearing on the Bible," Crocket had explained

Tapper promptly responded: "The law is not that you have to swear on a Christian Bible." Crockett seemed surprised to hear this, which is correct as the US constitution states, "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

Roy Moore campaign spokesman says Muslims shouldn't be in US Congress because they have to swear on the Bible. @jaketapper lets him know that's not the case https://t.co/2lQPwuRXrC

— CNN (@CNN) December 12, 2017

Moore, a republican, seems to be oblivious to this fact, as he has previously written in an op-ed: "The Islamic faith rejects our God and believes that the state must mandate the worship of its own God, Allah. Common sense alone dictates that in the midst of a war with Islamic terrorists we should not place someone in a position of great power who shares their doctrine. In 1943, we would never have allowed a member of Congress to take their oath on ‘Mein Kampf,’ or someone in the 1950s to swear allegiance to the ‘Communist Manifesto.’"



Moore had similarly clarified his views on the eligibility of Muslims to serve as legislators by stating that "Of course they can serve. But they understand what they swear the Bible on, they swear to on the Bible, is the God that is not of their faith".

Moore has been embroiled in controversy ever since allegations of child molestation surfaced against him during his campaign for a Senate seat. His campaign still managed a strong showing before ultimately losing out to democrat Doug Jones.

This story first appeared on Newsweek.