Stephanopoulos Grills Trump: Why Can't You Say That Obama Is American, Not A Muslim?
Real Clear Politics
9/20/2015
Excerpt:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, "THIS WEEK" HOST: Let's get into this controversy over the last couple of days. I saw your tweets yesterday, you said you didn't have a morally responsibility when that question came up about President Obama. But this is getting a lot of attention in part because you have raised questions like this in the past. So, for the record, was President Obama born in the United States?
DONALD TRUMP: Well, you know, I don't get into, George, I'm talking about jobs, military, I don't get into it. They asked the questions. Frankly, it's no longer an interest to me. It's something I don't want to talk about. I want to talk about the vets and the military. I want to talk about jobs. I don't get into that, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS The way to get behind it is answer yes or no --
TRUMP: That's possible, but I don't talk about it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Even though you raised questions and you investigated this in the past --
TRUMP: Well, people thought I should have defended the president in terms of the question that was asked the other night. My attitude is, would he have done that for me? He's been very capable of defending himself, believe me. So, we'll see what happens. But I think the tweets really covered it cell. I actually was very interested because I got in hot water for not saying anything. First time it's ever happened to me. This is something where I didn't even say anything.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I take that point. But you raised these questions so often in the past, why can't you say definitively yes or not? You raised it many times. And he's not a Muslim.
TRUMP: George, you have raised the question. I haven't raised the question. I don't talk about it. But I don't talk other people's faith. Not appropriate for me to talk about somebody else's faith.
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Real Clear Politics
9/20/2015
Excerpt:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, "THIS WEEK" HOST: Let's get into this controversy over the last couple of days. I saw your tweets yesterday, you said you didn't have a morally responsibility when that question came up about President Obama. But this is getting a lot of attention in part because you have raised questions like this in the past. So, for the record, was President Obama born in the United States?
DONALD TRUMP: Well, you know, I don't get into, George, I'm talking about jobs, military, I don't get into it. They asked the questions. Frankly, it's no longer an interest to me. It's something I don't want to talk about. I want to talk about the vets and the military. I want to talk about jobs. I don't get into that, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS The way to get behind it is answer yes or no --
TRUMP: That's possible, but I don't talk about it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Even though you raised questions and you investigated this in the past --
TRUMP: Well, people thought I should have defended the president in terms of the question that was asked the other night. My attitude is, would he have done that for me? He's been very capable of defending himself, believe me. So, we'll see what happens. But I think the tweets really covered it cell. I actually was very interested because I got in hot water for not saying anything. First time it's ever happened to me. This is something where I didn't even say anything.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I take that point. But you raised these questions so often in the past, why can't you say definitively yes or not? You raised it many times. And he's not a Muslim.
TRUMP: George, you have raised the question. I haven't raised the question. I don't talk about it. But I don't talk other people's faith. Not appropriate for me to talk about somebody else's faith.
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View the complete article, including video, at:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vid..._a_muslim.html
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