Do you know who questioned his birth certificate?
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Clinton, however, said Trump was the one starting the fights. “We saw the stark difference between my husband’s presidency and George W Bush who went back to trickle down economics which is also what Donald Trump is advocating”, she said. In a preview of the likely general election battle to come, Clinton laughed when asked if she was ready to take on Trump, saying “Oh, please”.
‘She’s the one who started it, ‘ Trump replied.
“He’s the one who’s been running that kind of very negative, aggressive, bullying campaign”, she said.
The real estate mogul was responding to video footage of Clinton blasting Trump for questioning where the president was born and demanding that he release his birth certificate.
Yes, people supporting Clinton pushed that birther rumor in 2008, but as PolitiFact found, there was nothing officially tying the rumors to the Clinton campaign. “Math is math. I feel for Bernie’s supporters (…) with the remaining states left, Bernie could eclipse her with delegates but he would have to win 75 percent of the vote in order to eclipse her and that’s just not a realistic chance of him doing that”.
“Then we saw Barack Obama have to rescue the economy from the failed economic policies of the Republicans, so I’m more than happy to take that issue on”, she said.
Clinton, nor her campaign, was ever connected to the start of this rumor, which – thanks to Trump – persisted through Obama’s first term.
‘I don’t talk about it anymore because every time I talk about it it becomes a story, ‘ the Republican claimed.
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‘I don’t care, ‘ the billionaire answered. “I’m going to keep telling people what I will do as president and I’m going to keep being specific”, she said.
