Libertine
September 16th, 2016, 02:40 AM
Trump Questioned Obama Birth Certificate In May 2014, Despite Statement From His Campaign on 9-15-16
The campaign statement is completely false: Trump didn’t stop questioning President Obama’s birth certificate in 2011.
A Trump campaign official said on 9-15-16 in a statement that Donald Trump now believes President Obama was born in the United States.
In the issued official campaign statement on 9-15-16, the campaign praises Trump at length, and states that Trump brought the so-called birther issue to its conclusion in 2011 when Obama released his long-form birth certificate.
That's completely false.
Trump didn’t stop being a birther in 2011 — he continued stoking racist conspiracy theories after that.
In May 2014 in an interview with Irish TV, Trump defended his birtherism at length.
“You questioned President Obama's citizenship during his 2012 campaign, and you said if he produced that long-form birth certificate, you’d produce your tax returns. But you didn’t do it, did you?” asked Ireland TV3’s Colette Fitzpatrick in May 2014.
“Well, I don’t know — did he do it?” Trump said. “If I decide to run for office I’ll produce my tax returns. Absolutely. I would love to do that. I did produce a financial statement even though I wasn’t even running. I did produce a financial statement and it was shocking to some because it was so much higher than people thought possible.”
Fitzpatrick was referencing when Trump said in 2011 that he would release his tax returns if Obama released his birth certificate.
Trump has never released his tax returns.
“The president should come clean,” Trump added about Obama in the May 2014 interview. “He should have come clean over the years. If you remember the very famous story where I offered him $5 million if he showed some basic records and he never took me up on it. And that would be for charity. So charities would have benefited and it would have been a great thing.”
“But Obama is a citizen and he produced his long form birth certificate,” host Fitzpatrick said.
“Well, a lot of people don’t agree with you and a lot of people feel it wasn’t a proper certificate,” Trump said.
May 2014 video interview of Trump on Irish TV
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https://youtu.be/Hg-5KEt1Abg
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-questioned-obama-birth-certificate-in-2014-despite-cam?utm_term=.gh1jxWE26b#.csZ0do1GxN
In March 2012, Trump tweeted, "When I was 18, people called me Donald Trump. When he was 18, @BarackObama was Barry Soweto. Weird."
In May 2012, Trump tweeted, “Let’s take a closer look at that birth certificate. @BarackObama was described in 2003 as being ‘born in Kenya.’” with a link to a conspiracy article.
In August 2012, Trump tweeted, “An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that @BarackObama’s birth certificate is a fraud.”
In December 2013, Trump tweeted,” How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama’s ‘birth certificate’ died in a plane crash today. All others lived.”
In November 2012, Trump quoted a Tweet from a supporter saying, “Obama also fabricated his own birth certificate after being pressured to produce one by @realDonaldTrump.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/232572505238433794
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-messy-twitter-record-disputes-campaign-birther-claim-article-1.2794391
The campaign statement is completely false: Trump didn’t stop questioning President Obama’s birth certificate in 2011.
A Trump campaign official said on 9-15-16 in a statement that Donald Trump now believes President Obama was born in the United States.
In the issued official campaign statement on 9-15-16, the campaign praises Trump at length, and states that Trump brought the so-called birther issue to its conclusion in 2011 when Obama released his long-form birth certificate.
That's completely false.
Trump didn’t stop being a birther in 2011 — he continued stoking racist conspiracy theories after that.
In May 2014 in an interview with Irish TV, Trump defended his birtherism at length.
“You questioned President Obama's citizenship during his 2012 campaign, and you said if he produced that long-form birth certificate, you’d produce your tax returns. But you didn’t do it, did you?” asked Ireland TV3’s Colette Fitzpatrick in May 2014.
“Well, I don’t know — did he do it?” Trump said. “If I decide to run for office I’ll produce my tax returns. Absolutely. I would love to do that. I did produce a financial statement even though I wasn’t even running. I did produce a financial statement and it was shocking to some because it was so much higher than people thought possible.”
Fitzpatrick was referencing when Trump said in 2011 that he would release his tax returns if Obama released his birth certificate.
Trump has never released his tax returns.
“The president should come clean,” Trump added about Obama in the May 2014 interview. “He should have come clean over the years. If you remember the very famous story where I offered him $5 million if he showed some basic records and he never took me up on it. And that would be for charity. So charities would have benefited and it would have been a great thing.”
“But Obama is a citizen and he produced his long form birth certificate,” host Fitzpatrick said.
“Well, a lot of people don’t agree with you and a lot of people feel it wasn’t a proper certificate,” Trump said.
May 2014 video interview of Trump on Irish TV
------>>>
https://youtu.be/Hg-5KEt1Abg
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-questioned-obama-birth-certificate-in-2014-despite-cam?utm_term=.gh1jxWE26b#.csZ0do1GxN
In March 2012, Trump tweeted, "When I was 18, people called me Donald Trump. When he was 18, @BarackObama was Barry Soweto. Weird."
In May 2012, Trump tweeted, “Let’s take a closer look at that birth certificate. @BarackObama was described in 2003 as being ‘born in Kenya.’” with a link to a conspiracy article.
In August 2012, Trump tweeted, “An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that @BarackObama’s birth certificate is a fraud.”
In December 2013, Trump tweeted,” How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama’s ‘birth certificate’ died in a plane crash today. All others lived.”
In November 2012, Trump quoted a Tweet from a supporter saying, “Obama also fabricated his own birth certificate after being pressured to produce one by @realDonaldTrump.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/232572505238433794
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-messy-twitter-record-disputes-campaign-birther-claim-article-1.2794391