RE: If Carson were to become the Republican candidate, the MSM would destroy him on his belonging to a religion that has a doctrine of pacifism
I can’t answer for Carson, but I believe it can be easily responded to.
He can always cite the example of the QUAKERS ( the ultimate pacifists ), who had a President belonging to their denomination -— Richard Nixon.
The man bombed the hell out of Hanoi and sent arms to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur war.
I don’t remember Nixon taking a pacifist approach AT ANY TIME.
I do recall Carson taking a more-or-less pacifist approach in his campaign (although saying very little about it).
One thing is certain, and that is that he would be be grilled and drilled on it by the press during a campaign against Hillary. And of course, not by her, but her surrogates as well as the MSM. She would proudly portray herself as the tough one...
Republican Party can’t risk it. There are too many votes would be lost for him to have a chance in the Presidential election.