“His ideals inspired me to leave the party of my youth and become a Republican like he did”, Pence said Thursday during a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The point is what kind of president has he been…
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Pence also compared the economic, overseas and social upheaval in the 1970s to the nation’s current state, contending President Obama and former Secretary of State Clinton had imperiled the United States’ security and standing in the world.
Trump also said it was “probably unlikely” that Russia was attempting to disrupt the USA election, despite investigators’ beliefs that the Russians were behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee.
Kellyanne Conway told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” that the so-called birther controversy was over, following similar comments from Trump supporter and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to that effect.
Pence’s disclosure means his running mate is now the only presidential or vice presidential candidate not to release federal tax returns.
“Donald Trump believes now that he was born in the United States”, Giuliani told MSNBC.
Pence also defended Trump’s comments that “the generals have been reduced to rubble” under the Obama administration, responding to critics that interpreted those words to mean Trump was putting down the US military.
That year, he routinely called on Obama to produce his long-form birth certificate, a demand that African-American leaders warned was stirring up racial animosity in the middle of Obama’s presidency.
Donald Trump hasn’t publicity released his tax returns.
Giuliani was pressed by the host on whether he had actually spoken to Trump about the issue.
“I confirm that”, Giuliani said. So he is born in the United States-no question, he was born in the United States. “I said ‘Mr. President, I have something I’d really like to tell you”.
Giuliani alleged during the interview that it was the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2008 that first sought to introduce doubt over the location of Obama’s birth.
“It said she can’t remember her exit interview from the Central Intelligence Agency because she had no memory for a period of time after she had a concussion”, Giuliani said, but appeared to confuse Clinton’s time in the State Department with being in the Central Intelligence Agency.
“America’s choice has never been clearer, I believe”.
He said that the same forces that united to power the Reagan revolution, including moderate Democrats, working-class voters and union members, have aligned behind Trump.
MATTHEWS: He does? are you speaking for him now? “But it took a long time to get it out”.
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In 2013, two years after Obama released his birth certificate, Trump still remained unconvinced, telling ABC’s Jonathan Karl that the allegations “resonated with a lot of people”.
