from the political hotsheet
Posted on | March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
March 28, 2011 3:33 PM
Donald Trump keeps pushing “birther” claims
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Updated 6:08 p.m. Eastern Time
Donald Trump on Monday again espoused a “birther”-style suspicions regarding whether President Obama was born in the United States, telling Fox News he was “really concerned” about Obama’s citizenship, and adding that “I’m starting to wonder myself whether or not [Obama] was born in this country.”
Trump, who has in recent months been openly (if somewhat dubiously) toying with a presidential bid, also brought up the birther issue on a recent episode of “The View,” where he tussled with co-host Whoopi Goldberg over his call for Mr. Obama to produce his birth certificate.
And he said earlier this month that “The reason I have a little doubt, just a little, is because he grew up and nobody knew him.”
“If I got the nomination, if I decide to run, you may go back and interview people from my kindergarten. They’ll remember me. Nobody comes forward. Nobody knows who he is until later in his life. It’s very strange,” he said. The comments came despite the existence of numerous, easy-to-find interviews with people from Mr. Obama’s childhood.
In a Monday interview on the Fox News show “Fox & Friends,” Trump said that in the days since he initially raised doubt over Obama’s origins, “a lot of facts are emerging, and I am starting to wonder myself whether he was born in this country.”
“They give you a certificate of live birth which anybody can get. Just walk into the hospital. This guy either has a birth certificate or he doesn’t. I didn’t think it was such a big deal, but I will tell you, it is turning out to be a very big deal,” Trump said. “People are calling me from all over saying please don’t give up on this issue. If you weren’t born in this country, you cannot be President.”
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March 29th, 2011 @ 3:05 pm
Orly,
Why not send Trump info you have. His fax number is on the Trump.com site. I am faxing stuff to him this week. The fax goes directly to his office.
Pat