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Trump: Obama was born in US
The Hill
by Ben Kamisar
9/16/2016
Excerpt:
Donald Trump on Friday declared that President Obama was born in the United States — but refused to take questions on the issue and blamed Democrat Hillary Clinton for starting the “birther” controversy.
Trump only spoke about Obama’s birthplace more than 20 minutes into an event at his new hotel in Washington, D.C.
Cable news networks covered the event live, and broadcast 20 minutes of veterans who support Trump lauding his politics.
When Trump finally spoke about the issue his campaign had promoted, he was brief.
“Hillary Clinton in her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it,” Trump said. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. Now we all want to get back to making America strong and great again.”
With that, Trump left over the shouts of reporters seeking to get him to answer questions.
The crowd sought to drown out the reporters by chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A."
On cable news, reporters and anchors ripped into the Republican presidential nominee for his handling of the event.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Trump had “rickrolled” the media, referring to an online joke in which viewers are promised one thing, and then click to see a video of the 1980s British singer Rick Astley.
Other reporters criticized Trump on television for pulling a con job on the event by not answering questions.
“We got played, again, by the Trump campaign, which is what they do,” CNN's John King said on air. “He got a live event broadcast for some 20 minutes.”
Trump had been expected to take questions as he typically engages with the press in these types of settings. And Trump himself had telegraphed that he would address the birther issue after he refused to answer a question on Thursday about whether Obama was born in Hawaii.
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View the complete article, including video, at:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...hplace-address
Donald J. Trump is a populist, a nationalist and most assuredly a PRAGMATIST.
He KNOWS with certainty that Obama was NOT born in Hawaii. However, he also knows if he states this FACT publicly he could SERIOUSLY JEOPARDIZE his chances of being elected President in the upcoming election.
Our pathetic, unprincipled, left-wing MSM has now, in total desperation, backed him into a corner with no 'wiggle room' left to evade answering their question regarding Obama's birth narrative.
I feel very sad for Mr. Trump and for our Constitutional Republic on this tragic day!
It was if he was a giant from a higher order of humans subjected to SUSTAINED MENTAL TORTURE by ignorant 'Lilliputians' and finally and reluctantly forced to 'confess' under EXTREME DURESS.
I think trump, the pragmatist, did WHAT HE HAD TO DO today to SAVE THE COUNTRY by telling a lie regarding Obama. I hope, when the time is right after the election, that President Trump and Sheriff Arpaio will together be able to share the TRUTH regarding Obama's multiple frauds, including his FALSE BIRTHPLACE NARRATIVE, with the long-suffering American Public.
The Hill
by Ben Kamisar
9/16/2016
Excerpt:
Donald Trump on Friday declared that President Obama was born in the United States — but refused to take questions on the issue and blamed Democrat Hillary Clinton for starting the “birther” controversy.
Trump only spoke about Obama’s birthplace more than 20 minutes into an event at his new hotel in Washington, D.C.
Cable news networks covered the event live, and broadcast 20 minutes of veterans who support Trump lauding his politics.
When Trump finally spoke about the issue his campaign had promoted, he was brief.
“Hillary Clinton in her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it,” Trump said. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. Now we all want to get back to making America strong and great again.”
With that, Trump left over the shouts of reporters seeking to get him to answer questions.
The crowd sought to drown out the reporters by chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A."
On cable news, reporters and anchors ripped into the Republican presidential nominee for his handling of the event.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Trump had “rickrolled” the media, referring to an online joke in which viewers are promised one thing, and then click to see a video of the 1980s British singer Rick Astley.
Other reporters criticized Trump on television for pulling a con job on the event by not answering questions.
“We got played, again, by the Trump campaign, which is what they do,” CNN's John King said on air. “He got a live event broadcast for some 20 minutes.”
Trump had been expected to take questions as he typically engages with the press in these types of settings. And Trump himself had telegraphed that he would address the birther issue after he refused to answer a question on Thursday about whether Obama was born in Hawaii.
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View the complete article, including video, at:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...hplace-address
Donald J. Trump is a populist, a nationalist and most assuredly a PRAGMATIST.
He KNOWS with certainty that Obama was NOT born in Hawaii. However, he also knows if he states this FACT publicly he could SERIOUSLY JEOPARDIZE his chances of being elected President in the upcoming election.
Our pathetic, unprincipled, left-wing MSM has now, in total desperation, backed him into a corner with no 'wiggle room' left to evade answering their question regarding Obama's birth narrative.
I feel very sad for Mr. Trump and for our Constitutional Republic on this tragic day!
It was if he was a giant from a higher order of humans subjected to SUSTAINED MENTAL TORTURE by ignorant 'Lilliputians' and finally and reluctantly forced to 'confess' under EXTREME DURESS.
I think trump, the pragmatist, did WHAT HE HAD TO DO today to SAVE THE COUNTRY by telling a lie regarding Obama. I hope, when the time is right after the election, that President Trump and Sheriff Arpaio will together be able to share the TRUTH regarding Obama's multiple frauds, including his FALSE BIRTHPLACE NARRATIVE, with the long-suffering American Public.
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