Sen. Sam Brownback is upset with Mike Huckabee over a supporter’s criticism of his Catholic faith. The Rev. Tim Rude wrote in an e-mail: “Frankly, (Brownback’s Catholicism) is all I need to know about his discernment when compared to the governor’s.” He added that Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is “one of us.”
Rude apologized and said: “In no way do I think a Catholic would not make a great president” and that if Huckabee drops out, he would support Brownback.
Brownback wants Huckabee to apologize too, but Huckabee merely said he didn’t condone the remarks and was glad the supporter recanted.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said rival Mike Huckabee should apologize for a supporter’s “prejudiced whisper campaign” against him for being Catholic.
The supporter, a pastor in Windsor Heights, Iowa, sent an e-mail to Brownback supporters pointing out that Huckabee is an evangelical Protestant and Brownback is not. Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, is an ordained Baptist minister.
