Trump falsely claims Clinton started birtherism and he finished it
It was not started by Hillary Clinton or her campaign, as has already been proven. His simple statement Friday that President Obama was born in the United States, he hope will put this all behind him, but it can’t and won’t.
…for Trump’s campaign — or even Trump himself — to backtrack on this ‘Birther’ past some 50 days before the election is like asking Hillary Clinton to backtrack on being married to Bill Clinton, or Bernie Sanders to backtrack on being a democratic socialist, or Barack Obama to backtrack on his fondness for Abraham Lincoln. It is part of Trump’s political identity, and his political following started with this…
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The only way Trump addressing the Birther story makes sense is through the logic that “any day the campaign is about you is a good day.” Besides that, addressing it doesn’t make sense. Either he doubles down on his past statements, which only complicates the campaign trying to woo African Americans and to seize on the “Deplorables” controversy. Or he repudiates his past Birther statements, which raises the question if he has a political core. How can you beat the Birther drums for five years and then say you’re sorry 50-plus days before an election? If so, what does he believe? And what is he for?
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