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Another Trump staffer acknowledges the truth of Obama’s birthplace — layering it (w/falsehoods)
WaPo ^ | September 15, 2016 | Philip Bump

Posted on 09/15/2016 9:54:19 PM PDT by Seizethecarp

On Thursday night, Donald Trump finally acknowledged an obvious, proven fact: President Obama was born in the United States. Or, rather, Trump's campaign said that he acknowledged it, in a statement that was itself riddled with falsehoods.

"Hillary Clinton’s campaign first raised this issue to smear then-candidate Barack Obama in her very nasty, failed 2008 campaign for President," the statement begins. That's untrue — and it's been fact-checked any number of times. In 2011, Politico outlined the origins; in May, our fact checkers dubbed it ridiculous.

"This type of vicious and conniving behavior is straight from the Clinton Playbook. As usual, however, Hillary Clinton was too weak to get an answer," the statement continues. Again, Clinton wasn't looking for an "answer" to the non-question of where Barack Obama was born because her campaign wasn't pressing the issue. Even before the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate, an announcement of Obama's birth was found in a Honolulu newspaper. His 2008 campaign had released a statement of live birth demonstrating where he was born. Anyone who asked the question for whatever reason had the answer in front of them, if they chose to see it.

"Even the MSNBC show 'Morning Joe' admits that it was Clinton’s henchmen who first raised this issue, not Donald J. Trump," the statement goes on. Whether or not someone on "Morning Joe" said it — a show, we will note, that has spent an awful lot of time of late disparaging Trump — that doesn't make it true.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; birthers; clinton; hawaii; hillary; hillarybirther; naturalborncitizen; obama; trump; wapo
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To: Seizethecarp

The quickest way to shut the moron, leftest Media up. :)


21 posted on 09/15/2016 10:27:44 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Seizethecarp; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; TWhiteBear; WildHighlander57; ...
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Ping to article and comments # 1 through # 21 , see graphics and links.

Thanks, Seizethecarp.

22 posted on 09/15/2016 10:41:55 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Seizethecarp
Typical liberal press, start off with a lie as if it were accepted fact:

"an obvious, proven fact: pRresident Obama was born in the United States."

Never been proven, beside their bleating. They hope by repetition, it will somehow become reality.

23 posted on 09/15/2016 10:43:56 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Salamander
Looks like they had the same orthodontist...


24 posted on 09/15/2016 10:59:15 PM PDT by shibumi (Dancin in the Dark with Tramps in the Park, I'm the Fleetfoot VooDoo Man)
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To: Ronin

I don’t for a second believe Obama was born in this country. And I agree that Trump doesn’t either. But something like this would be a disaster to fight over as he takes the lead with 52 days to go. Many things will be discovered about Obama in a trump presidency. Trump has always been a bit of a contrarian-conspiracist so this scares the crap out of Obama.


25 posted on 09/15/2016 11:08:19 PM PDT by nhwingut (Trump-Pence 2016 - Blow Up The GOPe)
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To: Timpanagos1; Seizethecarp; LucyT; Ladysforest
"Even before the release of Obama’s long-form birth certificate, an announcement of Obama’s birth was found in a Honolulu newspaper."

Sure. Suuuuuuuure.

26 posted on 09/15/2016 11:11:54 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: BigEdLB
Personally, I don't care where the jug-eared jerk was born. All I know is he's not a true American. He doesn't act like an American; He doesn't think like an American; and he doesn't talk like an American. He's a Muslim, Marxist, Mulatto.
27 posted on 09/15/2016 11:16:19 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Seizethecarp

Seems like only yesterday when a few good ole conservative folks began diligently pasting page after page of arguments in favor of Obama/Cruz POTUS eligibility.


28 posted on 09/15/2016 11:16:47 PM PDT by TauntedTiger (Political correctness analyst/expert/victim)
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To: Red Steel

Why, those two rabid right wing reactionaries!!!! /s;)


29 posted on 09/15/2016 11:26:44 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: gigster

Exactly! CULTURALLY, he is NOT “American”!!!


30 posted on 09/15/2016 11:28:57 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: gigster

I will say this... Most Americans of any race have certain things which bind us. A certain mentality. It may only be evident in certain circumstances, like the 9-11 horror, where 19 Islamof**ks, mostly Saudi committed mass murder... But Obama lacks that, as evidenced by his attendance at Rev Wrong’s Church for all those years.


31 posted on 09/15/2016 11:29:08 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: shibumi

When did Stanley Dunham encounter Malcom X?


32 posted on 09/15/2016 11:30:38 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Ronin

You ain’t crazy. All the Dem elites; Clintons , Obama’s, Pelosis,Quisling Reids, the whole lot of then are scared shitless of Trump’s win. Exile in a place without an extradition treaty may be an option.


33 posted on 09/15/2016 11:37:36 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Seizethecarp

The reason that all this started to begin with, was, Zero ordered all his records sealed - from grade-school on - a rather remarkable action from a one-term unknown and unremarkable politician. It is unarguable that his father was not and never became a US citizen, and that Zero had several relatives found to be living illegally stateside. So it was and remains reasonable to have questioned who Zero was in light of his and his families’ deceptive practices. It also remains questionable whether Zero ever fit the natural born citizen requirement, which some people believe means both parents must be natural-born citizens (and, preferably, their parents, too). Because of the unsettled definition of ‘natural born citizen’, this election cycle we saw challenges to the requirement with the candidacy of Rubio and of Cruz, and we can expect more challenges going forward.

What shows the hypocracy of the Left is, we were supposed to accept Zero’s citizenship at face value and without questioning - without a birth certificate or school records or even employment history - and not to do so would be ‘racist’. Yet eight years later, Melania is being racked over the coals by reporters regarding her citizenship status, as Trump is lambasted by the Left for wanting a strong immigration policy when he ‘has an immigrant wife’ (as if one has anything to do with the other).


34 posted on 09/15/2016 11:42:03 PM PDT by blueplum ((March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?))
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To: Salamander
it's the time of the season...
35 posted on 09/15/2016 11:44:09 PM PDT by Pelham (DLM. Deplorable Lives Matter)
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To: Frank_2001

You mean to tell me our Marine Corps-es don’t come from 57 states, and it really was “all this just for a !@# flag,” and “God Save the Queen” wasn’t played as background music to celebrate the infinite wisdom of the words spoken by our prez?

What a let down!


36 posted on 09/15/2016 11:52:33 PM PDT by patriotfury (May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tent!)
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To: BigEdLB
"When did Stanley Dunham encounter Malcom X?"

I have no idea.
I am merely pointing out a similarity in dentition.

I'm going to point out one other thing.

I don't believe for a second that this guy -

- is The Usurper's father.
No Way, Jose'

I also don't intend to argue about it because (as the Wicked Witch once said) "What difference does it make?"

37 posted on 09/15/2016 11:58:56 PM PDT by shibumi (Dancin in the Dark with Tramps in the Park, I'm the Fleetfoot VooDoo Man)
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To: Seizethecarp

“Obvious proven fact...”

I doubt Obama himself knows where he was born. His mother was rutting around the world with God knows who.


38 posted on 09/16/2016 12:00:22 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: thecodont

It only says “a boy”.

No name for the boy was given.


39 posted on 09/16/2016 12:09:47 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: thecodont

Oops, I mean I think it said “son”.


40 posted on 09/16/2016 12:10:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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