President Barack Obama said suggestions that the U.S. impose a religious test on Syrian refugees are “shameful” and un-American, lashing out at Republican presidential candidates, including Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz, who have called for accepting only Christians and excluding Muslims. “That’s not American. That’s not who we are,”Obama said, responding to a question at a news conference Monday at the Group of 20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. “We don’t have religious tests to our compassion.” While Obama didn’t name names, it was clear who he was referring to. Cruz, whose father emigrated from Cuba, said yesterday in South Carolina there is no “meaningful risk” of Christian refugees from Syria...
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