Trump campaign: Obama born in U.S.

[heat40]

[heat40]

Check out the statement. I'm so infuriated by how offensive and completely tone deaf this statement is.

[One Girl In All The World]

"Having successfully obtained" the BC like that's really an accomplishment. Fuck him.

[heyjude]

Well that was biggly of him.

[isabel]

Oh, FUCK YOU! God, this is the most ludicrous, self-congratulatory, bigoted shit.

And Clinton was the first to raise it? Really? I don't recall Hillary Clinton being a conspiracy birther. I hate these people so much.

[josieposy]

Only took him 5 years to say it.

#progress

[heyjude]

Sept 15, 2016 22:04:47 GMT -5 isabel said:

Oh, FUCK YOU! God, this is the most ludicrous, self-congratulatory, bigoted shit.

And Clinton was the first to raise it? Really? I don't recall Hillary Clinton being a conspiracy birther. I hate these people so much.

www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/23/donald-trump/hillary-clinton-obama-birther-fact-check/

[debatethis]

Sept 15, 2016 22:01:19 GMT -5 One Girl In All The World said:

"Having successfully obtained" the BC like that's really an accomplishment. Fuck him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Donald J Trump has learned to use the Googles and has learned that Obama has told the truth. BELIEVE ME."

[toepick]

I fucking hate this man. More than I thought was humanly possible.

[isabel]

Sept 15, 2016 22:14:51 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Sept 15, 2016 22:04:47 GMT -5 isabel said:

Oh, FUCK YOU! God, this is the most ludicrous, self-congratulatory, bigoted shit.

And Clinton was the first to raise it? Really? I don't recall Hillary Clinton being a conspiracy birther. I hate these people so much.

www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/23/donald-trump/hillary-clinton-obama-birther-fact-check/

That was mostly sarcasm/rhetorical, although I didn't realize that this started with her supporters. That is... disappointing.

[nikki25]

Guys, now he can be TOTALLY focused on bringing jobs back to Merica'- phew, thank God for finally solving that conundrum.

My eyes can't roll far enough around.

[cville]

He can go fuck himself.

[earlgreyhot]

Sept 15, 2016 22:19:54 GMT -5 isabel said:

Sept 15, 2016 22:14:51 GMT -5 heyjude said:

www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/23/donald-trump/hillary-clinton-obama-birther-fact-check/

That was mostly sarcasm/rhetorical, although I didn't realize that this started with her supporters. That is... disappointing.

Batshit liberals are still batshit. 

If Hillary loses I am blaming them. 

[froggy76]

Super sleuth!

[ESF]

The statement was put out by the Trump organization (not Trump) about an hour after Trump refused to answer a question about whether Obama was born in America.

So this is Conway trying to put lipstick on a pig. And given how tone deaf and obnoxious the statement is, it is pretty shitty lipstick at that. More like EOS lip balm.

[heyjude]

Sept 15, 2016 22:35:00 GMT -5 ESF said:

The statement was put out by the Trump organization (not Trump) about an hour after Trump refused to answer a question about whether Obama was born in America.

So this is Conway trying to put lipstick on a pig. And given how tone deaf and obnoxious the statement is, it is pretty shitty lipstick at that. More like EOS lip balm.

Dead

[WOT?*]

Sept 15, 2016 22:35:00 GMT -5 ESF said:

The statement was put out by the Trump organization (not Trump) about an hour after Trump refused to answer a question about whether Obama was born in America.

So this is Conway trying to put lipstick on a pig. And given how tone deaf and obnoxious the statement is, it is pretty shitty lipstick at that. More like EOS lip balm.

This is a much better comment than my simple FUCK YOU TRUMP YOU ASSHOLE would have been.

EOS lip balm. /dead

[WOT?*]

www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-mum-while-campaign-says-he-believes-obama-born-in-us/ar-BBwe3kP

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump himself won't say it, but his campaign is now declaring that the Republican presidential candidate believes now that President Barack Obama was born in the United States. And his campaign is cheering Trump for bringing an end to an "ugly incident" that it blames, without evidence, on Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

For many years, Trump was the most prominent proponent of the "birther" movement, which claimed Obama was born outside the U.S. and thus ineligible to be president — despite the fact that he was born in Hawaii. As recently as Thursday, Trump would not acknowledge Obama's birthplace, declining to address the matter when asked by The Washington Post.

"I'll answer that question at the right time," Trump told the paper. "I just don't want to answer it yet."

Clinton seized on Trump's refusal during a speech Thursday night before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

"He was asked one more time where was President Obama born and he still wouldn't say Hawaii. He still wouldn't say America," Clinton said. "This man wants to be our next president? When will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry?"

The answer to her question came hours later when campaign spokesman Jason Miller issued a statement that suggested the question had been settled five years ago — by Trump.
"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," Miller said.

"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," he added. "Inarguably, Donald J. Trump is a closer. Having successfully obtained President Obama's birth certificate when others could not, Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the United States."

Yet Trump repeatedly stoked the issue in the years since Obama released his birth certificate. In August 2012, he was pushing the issue on Twitter.
"An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that barackobama's birth certificate is a fraud," he wrote.

Trump has said repeatedly during the campaign that he no longer talks about the "birther" issue while refusing to retract his previous comments.

"I don't talk about it because if I talk about that, your whole thing will be about that," he told reporters aboard his plane last week. "So I don't talk about it."

Trump's comments speculating on Obama's birthplace have been seen by many as an attempt to delegitimize the nation's first black president, and have turned off many of the African American voters he is now courting in his bid for the White House.

Miller's claim that Clinton launched the birther movement during her unsuccessful primary run against Obama in 2008 is unsubstantiated and long denied by Clinton. On Twitter, Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon did not address that allegation, but said that acceptance that Obama was born in the U.S. comes up short.

"Trump needs to say it himself. On camera. And admit he was wrong for trying to delegitimize the country's first African-American president," Fallon wrote.
Indeed, Trump himself has said that his aides shouldn't be trusted to speak on his behalf.

"Don't believe the biased and phony media quoting people who work for my campaign," he tweeted in May. "The only quote that matters is a quote from me!"

[jojoandleo]

When they go low, we go punch them in the balls. Sorry, I'm no Michelle Obama.

[darnkatz]

Sept 15, 2016 22:35:00 GMT -5 ESF said:

The statement was put out by the Trump organization (not Trump) about an hour after Trump refused to answer a question about whether Obama was born in America.

So this is Conway trying to put lipstick on a pig. And given how tone deaf and obnoxious the statement is, it is pretty shitty lipstick at that. More like EOS lip balm.

Such an apt description. Isn't that the shit that was burning people's skin off? 

[mrshandy]

What a dumbass! Here's a WaPost article.

Basically this comes down to not admitting he is wrong, just like he did with the Khans. Never will admit that he made a mistake. He's letting his campaign do the dirty work for him. Stubborn asses make the worst politicians.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-defiant-as-polls-rise-wont-say-obama-was-born-in-united-states/2016/09/15/48913162-7b61-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trump-745pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

[wambam]

7 years and 8 months into the Obama presidency and this is still a thing.

[charlatti]

Sept 16, 2016 6:47:52 GMT -5 darnkatz said:

Sept 15, 2016 22:35:00 GMT -5 ESF said:

The statement was put out by the Trump organization (not Trump) about an hour after Trump refused to answer a question about whether Obama was born in America.

So this is Conway trying to put lipstick on a pig. And given how tone deaf and obnoxious the statement is, it is pretty shitty lipstick at that. More like EOS lip balm.

Such an apt description. Isn't that the shit that was burning people's skin off? 

Yeah, but I used it and I'm fine. So it doesn't matter if someone else's face was on fire. (Going with Trump supporter logic here.)

[OscarQ]

I wondering how long Conway is going to last as campaign manager. First debate?

[ESF]

Sept 16, 2016 7:59:43 GMT -5 OscarQ said:

I wondering how long Conway is going to last as campaign manager. First debate?

This was my original thinking, but whatever she's doing lately seems to be working, so I'm not so sure.

[redheadbaker]

[jeaniebueller]

Congratulations. You are a fucking asshole, Trump.

Also, when you google congratulations gif, this is one of the images.

[ESF]

Yup wouldn't deny this morning. Because he wants to "keep the suspense going."

www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-birtherism-campaign-statement-228261

Also it's Hillary's fault.

[was5]

This was discussed on Today this morning. Nicole Wallace was not part of the panel today so there weren't any quips about this not being a big deal, or letting Trump's lies slide by. They called Trump out for lying about Clinton's role in the birther movement and said the campaign's statement about Trump doing a great service by forcing Obama to release his birth certificate is also a lie because Trump still challenged his citizenship. Plus, the fact that Trump himself still refuses to acknowledge Obama was born in the US even after his campaign says he does. What a clusterf#@$.

I just hope people who are undecided are hearing all of this. On the simple topic of whether President Obama is an American citizen, you get 3 different answers from the campaign/candidate. How could someone like this be President?

ETA: wording and grammar.

[ufcasey]

The rumor is that at his new hotel opening ceremony today, he's going to announce he believes Obama was born in the US. Basically he's using a political stunt to get lots of press coverage for his completely non-political event.