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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:23 PM Sep 2016

On CNN now: Trump campaign releases statement admitting Obama was born in the U.S.

(updated) This is not coming from Trump's mouth.
Trump is taking credit (for lack of a better word) for
forcing Barack Obama to release his birth certificate.
He says he did a "great service" to the country.

EDIT: link now available

Source: CNN

Trump campaign: Obama born in the US

By Daniella Diaz, CNN
Updated 0232 GMT (1032 HKT) September 16, 2016

Washington (CNN) - Donald Trump's campaign on Thursday said he believes President Barack Obama was born in the US, a major reversal from a line of attack he launched five years ago.

"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. Mr. Trump did a great service to the President and the country by bringing closure to the issue that Hillary Clinton and her team first raised," Trump spokesman Jason Miller said in a statement.

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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/donald-trump-obama-birther-united-states/
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On CNN now: Trump campaign releases statement admitting Obama was born in the U.S. (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2016 OP
Kellyanne Conway putting out a statement means nothing. madaboutharry Sep 2016 #1
Totally. HE has to come out, come forward, and speak the actual words. calimary Sep 2016 #28
The statement smells like a piece of petrified monkey spunk. KILLS him with people of color. RBInMaine Sep 2016 #2
Until this deplorable man speaks the words respectfully to our President KewlKat Sep 2016 #3
From my twitter feed Gothmog Sep 2016 #4
This sounds like it was written by Kellyanne Conway, it is exactly madaboutharry Sep 2016 #7
'Hillary started birtherism' has been debunked. radius777 Sep 2016 #17
He did himself no favors with that statement Charles Bukowski Sep 2016 #5
Donald Trump’s ridiculous claim that Hillary Clinton started the birther movement Gothmog Sep 2016 #6
Now when he is asked this, does Jason Miller really think he's going to disavow it? SaschaHM Sep 2016 #8
Give me a fucking break!!! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2016 #9
They probably had to lock him up in saltpoint Sep 2016 #10
And he was dragged into doing so. Very transparent. NWCorona Sep 2016 #11
POS Trump was peddling birtherism Charles Bukowski Sep 2016 #15
He just likes stirring shit up NWCorona Sep 2016 #25
Haha. Since Obama was born in the US all along... Beartracks Sep 2016 #12
We need to hang this around his neck, until it comes from his mouth... HipChick Sep 2016 #13
The ugly incident was dipshit donnie. duncang Sep 2016 #14
Horrendous statement... Satch59 Sep 2016 #16
He needs to apologise to the President of the United States.. HipChick Sep 2016 #18
So basically... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #19
Basically this goes much deeper...Asking a black man to produce his papers HipChick Sep 2016 #20
Oh, I know that... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #21
Just now at Trump HQ, announcement that Trump will apologize to Obama for his deplorable self Coyotl Sep 2016 #22
Now Trump needs to do a great service to the country by releasing his taxes. NBachers Sep 2016 #23
The campaign can't claim Trump should be credited with bringing closure to it since greyl Sep 2016 #24
It's an awful statement radical noodle Sep 2016 #26
Doubt that. If they keep on saying it, maybe-just-maybe it'll somehow become true! calimary Sep 2016 #30
What an asshole. He didn't compel President Obama to do ANYTHING. The vile, catbyte Sep 2016 #27
Go Cheney yourself Trump. Nt BootinUp Sep 2016 #29
Donald Trump Is Still A Birther tirebiter Sep 2016 #31

calimary

(81,322 posts)
28. Totally. HE has to come out, come forward, and speak the actual words.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 01:12 AM
Sep 2016

He stirred it up like gangbusters for months. Opened a real Pandora's Box that hasn't subsided completely to this day. He needs to flat-out SAY THE WORDS. Admit he made a mistake. Adding an apology would be nice, too. But I'm not holding my breath for any of it. He won't admit he was wrong. He can't. He's got an ego to protect.

If he'd believed it, he would have come out with it AGES ago. His refusal to discuss it now, at all, with anybody, and his not wanting to deal with it strongly suggests to me that he still believes President Obama is an illegitimate President and wasn't born here. He just knows how badly that would impact his campaign. Better to pretend it away for awhile and hope the press gets tired of asking about it. Hey, if you gin up another controversy or pull somebody else's chain or say something else completely outrageous or incomprehensible, that'll distract well enough, anyway.

 

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)
2. The statement smells like a piece of petrified monkey spunk. KILLS him with people of color.
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:38 PM
Sep 2016

He doesn't say it himself, and the statement smells like a rotten piece of shit. What a degrading, racist piece of SHIT the guy is.

Thanking himself for providing such a great "service" to the country by making the president release his birth certificate. What a total scumbag. Pure Trump. He belongs in a nuthouse.

Now get out there and donate, canvass, make calls, and defeat this ASSHOLE.

Gothmog

(145,321 posts)
4. From my twitter feed
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:40 PM
Sep 2016

This is not from Trump himself



The claim that Clinton was behind birthism is simply false

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
7. This sounds like it was written by Kellyanne Conway, it is exactly
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:45 PM
Sep 2016

the way she speaks. It is a disgusting and vile comment. Just like the person it comes from.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
17. 'Hillary started birtherism' has been debunked.
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:09 PM
Sep 2016

There was a memo supposedly floating around within her campaign (which may or may not be authentic) written ostensibly by Mark Penn, which proposed a strategy of contrasting Hillary's traditional middle American roots with Obama's non-traditional Hawaiian upbringing. Hardball politics, sure, but it never questioned his birth certificate or whether he was born in America. And it its not something that came from Hillary herself, and there is no evidence she even knew about it.

Contrast that to Trump, who is Birther in Chief, who went on a crusade to humiliate the first black president as non-American, non-Christian, etc.

Lest we forget that aside from the birther stuff, Trump also questioned Obama's entire existence, including his college transcripts, wondering how such a 'mediocre student' could get into ivy league schools, etc.

Pure white nationalism and nativism.

 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
5. He did himself no favors with that statement
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:41 PM
Sep 2016

Taking credit for a debunked racist meme and lying that it originated with Hillary Clinton is not a good look.

Gothmog

(145,321 posts)
6. Donald Trump’s ridiculous claim that Hillary Clinton started the birther movement
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:44 PM
Sep 2016

This claim is simply false https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/05/06/donald-trumps-ridiculous-claim-that-hillary-clinton-started-the-birther-movement/


The Pinocchio Test

There’s no evidence to support Trump’s repeated claim that Clinton “started” the birther movement and was one of the first to question Obama’s birth certificate. He could blame the actions of Clinton’s supporters during the 2008 primary or say the rumor has some Democratic roots. But there’s no evidence that she or her campaign questioned his birth certificate or his citizenship. Further, the campaign denounced isolated instances of Clinton’s staffers questioning whether Obama was Muslim.

Later in the in the same CNN interview, Wolf Blitzer asked Trump about his supporters’ anti-Semitic attacks and death threats against Julia Ioffe for her profile of Melania Trump in GQ. Trump repeatedly distanced himself from the actions of this group of supporters: “I don’t know anything about that. … I know nothing about it. … You’ll have to talk to them about it. … I don’t have a message to the fans.”

If Trump doesn’t believe in being held accountable for the actions of his supporters, perhaps he should consider the same standard for his political opponents. Glass houses, and all that.

Four Pinocchios


SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
8. Now when he is asked this, does Jason Miller really think he's going to disavow it?
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:45 PM
Sep 2016

He's going to make them, like his surrogates, look like fools.

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
10. They probably had to lock him up in
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:49 PM
Sep 2016

the bathroom to get the statement issued.

By morning he'll be back to his birther bullshit, full throttle.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
11. And he was dragged into doing so. Very transparent.
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:52 PM
Sep 2016

I want the moderator to ask what were the results of Trump's investigation into his citizenship.

O'Malley said it best when he called Trump a "carnival barker”

 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
15. POS Trump was peddling birtherism
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:04 PM
Sep 2016

well after President Obama released his birth certificate. Was that also part of his "great service" to the nation?

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)
12. Haha. Since Obama was born in the US all along...
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:00 PM
Sep 2016

... what was this "great service" Trump imagines he performed for us?

====================

duncang

(1,907 posts)
14. The ugly incident was dipshit donnie.
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:03 PM
Sep 2016

The ugly incident wasn't that he got a U.S. citizen to admit and show he was born in the U.S.A.. It was him being ugly. All the ugly strictly belongs and hangs around dipshit donnie's neck. He wore it as a badge of honor. He reviled in it. He was the one who cultivated and helped it grow. He was the one who filled that basket.

Satch59

(1,353 posts)
16. Horrendous statement...
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:09 PM
Sep 2016

Last edited Fri Sep 16, 2016, 02:32 AM - Edit history (1)

Every sentence makes my blood boil... And how can CNN claim this is saying Trump finally admits it... It's so backhanded and disgusting...

OMG...it's a fucking doubling down of being a birther...

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
20. Basically this goes much deeper...Asking a black man to produce his papers
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:16 PM
Sep 2016

who happens to be the President of the United States

is at his racist core...

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
21. Oh, I know that...
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:18 PM
Sep 2016

I've agreed with that all along.

My post was meant to be a little tongue in cheek quote of the Trump campaign press release.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
22. Just now at Trump HQ, announcement that Trump will apologize to Obama for his deplorable self
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:21 PM
Sep 2016

in no way, shape, or form.
That would be undeplorable.



greyl

(22,990 posts)
24. The campaign can't claim Trump should be credited with bringing closure to it since
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 12:09 AM
Sep 2016

the piece of orange shit was still harping on it years later, claiming he sent an investigative team to Hawaii, and Tweeting about a death as if it were an Obama hit.

Trump, after the Birth Certificate release: "An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."

"How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama’s “birth certificate” died in plane crash today. All others lived."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-birther/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html

calimary

(81,322 posts)
30. Doubt that. If they keep on saying it, maybe-just-maybe it'll somehow become true!
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 01:47 AM
Sep 2016

And there WILL be ponies under all that horse shit! Believe me! Ponies for EVERYBODY! FLYING ponies, even! This I can tell you.

catbyte

(34,403 posts)
27. What an asshole. He didn't compel President Obama to do ANYTHING. The vile,
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 12:39 AM
Sep 2016

cowardly piece of shit can't even say it.

Fuck off, donald.

tirebiter

(2,538 posts)
31. Donald Trump Is Still A Birther
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:20 AM
Sep 2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-birther_us_57db31d1e4b04a1497b37811?section=us_politics

Donald Trump isn’t backing down from perpetuating theories that President Barack Obama is not a natural born citizen, a conspiracy he’s fueled for years.

In an interview with the Washington Post’s Robert Costa published Thursday evening, Trump refused to say whether he believes Obama was born in the U.S.
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