Soap Star And RNC Speaker Thinks Obama Is Muslim, From The Middle East (VIDEO)

Actor Antonio Sabato, Jr., speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Shortly after soap opera actor Antonio Sábato Jr. delivered a speech praising Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, he espoused a favorite right-wing conspiracy theory: that President Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim who was born in the Middle East.

Sábato, who made his name as a Calvin Klein model and actor on “General Hospital” in the 1990s, said in a live sit-down interview with ABC News that he believes Obama “had an agenda from the beginning” to “drastically change this country.”

“First of all, I don’t believe the guy is a Christian,” he said. “If you understand Obama, that’s not a Christian name, is it?”

ABC’s Amna Nawaz pressed the model-actor by saying Obama regularly attends church services.

“No, he doesn’t. No, he does not. Actually, he does not attend church,” Sábato said. “He actually has never talked about Jesus Christ once. I’ve met a lot of Christians, I know Christians. I am one, and I don’t believe he is.”

Asked again why he doubts Obama’s religious faith, Sábato said, “It’s in my heart. I just see it for what it is. I believe that he’s on the other side.”

He went on to explain “the other side” is “the Middle East,” and said Obama is “with the bad guys. He’s with them, he’s not with us.”

Sábato was emphatic in saying he “absolutely” believes Obama is Muslim.

“[Obama] grew up in that world, that’s where he comes from, that’s where he grew up,” he said.

Watch the full interview via YouTube:

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  1. Well, I don’t believe you’re much of an actor. I do believe you’re a has-been, from the loins of a better actor who shares your name.

  2. I guess he’s highly qualified to talk about mainstream Christian values.

    Edit: By the way, what kind of name is “Antonio”? Cuz that ain’t American at all.

  3. When they interview this clown don’t they have an obligation to ask him to prove his bizarre assertions or leave the air?

  4. CLEARLY, what you ‘believe’ is more important than any fact that it is out there. You are NOT a Christian and you wouldn’t recognize one if it kissed you on the lips because you are full of hate and lies.

  5. “It’s in my heart. I just see it for what it is. I believe that he’s on the other side.”

    That’s because his head is completely empty.

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