WASHINGTON — Two Republican presidential candidates refused to say Sunday whether they think Mitt Romney, a Mormon, is a Christian. Businessman Herman Cain and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann declined to answer questions about Romney’s Mormon religion.
“He’s a Mormon, that much I know,” Cain said. “I am not going to do an analysis of Mormonism versus Christianity for the sake of answering that.”
Bachmann called the issue a distraction.
“I think what the real focus is here is on religious tolerance. That’s really what this is about,” Bachmann said. “To make this a big issue is ridiculous right now because every day I’m on the street talking to people. This is not what people are talking about.”
Cain and Bachmann spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
