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Donald Trump Campaign Says Barack Obama Born In US, But Does He Agree?
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 16-September-2016
11:50:21 AM |
Donald Trump's campaign is declaring that the Republican presidential candidate now believes that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, but Trump has yet to say that himself and his son doesn't know if he will.
Meanwhile, as Trump's campaign seeks to put that false conspiracy theory to rest, it stoked another: saying the "ugly incident" known as birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton. There is no evidence that is true.
For years, Trump was the most prominent proponent of the "birther" movement, which promoted the false idea that Obama was born outside the U.S. It provided Trump with his entry into Republican politics and for years has defined his status as an "outsider" who is willing to challenge convention.
Trump would not acknowledge that Obama was born in Hawaii, declining to address the matter when asked by The Washington Post in an interview published Thursday night.
"I'll answer that question at the right time," Trump said. "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
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