In other words, Donald Trump just released proof that Hillary Clinton didn’t start the birther conspiracy as he claimed at his event earlier on Friday. “I have my own theory on Obama”.
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Beginning in 2011, he was the de facto leader of the movement that questioned whether Barack Obama was born in the United States. “Now let’s get back to making America strong and great again”. Trump also retweeted a tweet calling Obama’s birth certificate a “computer generated forgery” and coaching 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney to ask Obama about it in the debates.
“Trump has spent years peddling a racist conspiracy aimed at undermining the first African American president”.
President Obama was bemused Friday morning after the Trump campaign went on damage control about whether the Republican presidential candidate still believes if the Commander-in-Chief was born in America. The unfounded claims were a launchpad for Trump’s political career, propelling him onto the national stage and winning him fans on the far right.
The issue has not been a factor in the campaign for the November 8 presidential election, but it resurfaced again in recent days, taking the focus of Trump’s campaign away from topics such as immigration, trade and the economy, which he has been using to hit Clinton.
“Not only was a Clinton campaign worker blamed and fired over the activity, we have now been informed that Secretary Clinton was aware of what was going on, with Clinton’s campaign manager even apologizing to Obama’s campaign manager”, he said.
Trump told The Washington Post on Thursday he would give his opinion eventually but was holding back for a reason only he was privy to. “Who do I believe?’ It makes individuals not want to vote”. But responding to reporters’ questions about the issue, the president waded in Friday, as Trump readied his announcement in Washington.
Protesters rallied outside Trump’s hotel, joined by Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., who said Trump needs to end his birtherism campaign. NO, really. Miller had the temerity to write: “In 2011, Mr. Trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate”.
The first lady, previously dubbed “the closer” for her effectiveness as a campaign surrogate during her husband’s presidential campaigns, was at one point interrupted by chants of “four more years” as she talked about the bittersweet feelings she is experiencing as her husband’s final term in office draws to a close.
But we should be accustomed by now to Donald Trump saying things that aren’t true. “His campaign was founded on this lie”. “He’s feeding into the worst impulses – bigotry and bias that lurks in our country”.
After Trump’s event, the GOP nominee invited photographers and a camera on a tour of his new hotel property, without reporters present. “We just can’t accept this”. We’ve got to stand up to it. “If we don’t, it won’t stop”. “I mean, Hillary was the first birther. We live in a country where a biracial kid from Hawaii named Barack Obama, the son of a single mother, can become president”, Obama said, citing the ability for immigrants to come to the United States and achieve economic success. It’s fairly typical. I was pretty confident about where I was born. “My hope would be the presidential elect, election reflects more serious issues than that”, Obama said.
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From Washington, Euronews’ Stefan Grobe reported on the latest developments in the race for the White House. “I finished it”, Trump said. I’m here for TPP and what’s happening in the world. The media may now feel obligated to drop its phony equivalence in light of the confirmation that Trump is a pathological liar and demagogue.
