Trump never apologised for the comments, despite angry denunciations from Clinton’s running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks”, Trump said, referring to appointments to the US Supreme Court.
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Trump finally admitted that he knows Obama was born in the United States.
Trump has recovered ground against Clinton in recent national opinion polls after revamping his campaign staff in August and taking steps to give a more polished performance on the campaign trail. “Voters are really exhausted, and you hear voters saying, ‘I don’t know which way to go”. See here and here and here.
Donald Trump owns the disgraceful birther movement.
He was also still refusing to say that Mr Obama had been born in Hawaii when questioned on the issue during a Washington Post interview on Thursday. It was outrageous and insulting, but at this point with Donald Trump, was it at all a surprise?
However, that assertion was itself cast into doubt when former McClatchy D.C. Bureau Chief James Asher tweeted that long-time Clinton confidante Sidney Blumenthal had encouraged him to investigate the rumor that Obama was not born in America. Do they believe Trump?
LISA DESJARDINS: There was more outrage from members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who said Trump is unrepentant and an opportunist. The Trump campaign requested it in October past year.
Trump had promised “a big announcement” about the birther issue, giving the impression it was the objective of the event at his hotel. On Friday he finally conceded that Mr Obama was United States born.
Trump blamed Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign for starting the controversy in the first place. He has repeatedly demurred and said he doesn’t want to talk about it or that it’s not the focus of his campaign.
Mr Trump says he will “stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communist oppression”. “Well, during his time in office, I think Barack has answered those questions with the example he set – by going high when they go low”, the first lady said.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump states that “President Barack Obama was born in the United States” during a gathering with military leaders and veterans at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington.
In today’s back-and-forth match between the GOP nominees and a worn-down news media, suddenly it’s Advantage Trump. “I finished it”, Trump said at his new hotel in Washington yesterday. He doesn’t have a birth certificate.
Trump responded: “Well, a lot of people don’t agree with you and a lot of people feel it wasn’t a proper certificate”.
She said Trump owes Obama an “apology”. “Your reaction?”, a journalist asked.
Then he paused and smirked. “Well, I’m not that shocked actually – it’s fairly typical”. “We got other business to attend to”.
The president added: “I was pretty confident about where I was born”.
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Regardless of whether or not the issue was raised back in 2008, it doesn’t negate the fact that Trump has unapologetically pushed the lie for more than half a decade.
