King of Birthers Admits Error, Seeks African American Votes, and Continues Run for President
Only in America! NPR reports on the story that never was.
Facing claims from Black leaders that he is a bigot, Donald Trump finally addressed whether he believes the current president was, indeed, born in the United States. “President Obama was born in the United States. Period,” he said Friday morning. It’s yet another surreal storyline in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Five years ago, Trump became the loudest voice in the so-called “birther” movement, advancing the false claim that President Obama was born outside the United States. Though his campaign insisted he believes Obama was born in the United States in a Thursday night statement, it was only this week that Trump finally said so himself. In its statement, the campaign also made the baseless claim that Hillary Clinton “raised the issue” that President Obama was not born in the United States.
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