Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Trump drops 'Birther' theory, but says Clinton started it
It took a while for Donald Trump to drop the debunked theory that President Obama was not born in America. Trump told reporters Friday , “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what I mean. President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.”
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIt took a while for Donald Trump to drop the debunked theory that President Obama was not born in America. Trump told reporters Friday, “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what I mean. President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.” The reemergence of the “Birther” story was just one in a crazy week on the presidential campaign trail, which also included Hillary’s pneumonia, Donald on Dr. Oz, the frenzy over polling numbers, and Colin Powell’s email hack.
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