Trump New York Co-Chair Says ‘There Is No Doubt’ Obama Is Muslim

In this April 28, 2016 photo, Buffalo Board of Education member Carl Paladino speaks to reporters after a board meeting in Buffalo, N.Y. The former candidate for governor who is helping to run Donald Trump's New Yor... In this April 28, 2016 photo, Buffalo Board of Education member Carl Paladino speaks to reporters after a board meeting in Buffalo, N.Y. The former candidate for governor who is helping to run Donald Trump's New York campaign is being challenged for his seat on the school board by an 18-year-old high school senior. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson) MORE LESS
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Carl Paladino, Donald Trump’s New York co-chair, on Thursday said that President Obama is not a Christian, arguing that the President’s foreign policy proves he’s a Muslim.

“In the mind of the average American, there is no doubt he is a Muslim,” Paladino told the New York Observer in a phone interview. “He is not a Christian.”

“Look at what he’s done with Iran, what he’s done with the Sunni-Shia thing over in Iraq and Iran, and with ISIS,” he added.

Obama’s Christian faith has been questioned by conservatives for years, despite the fact that he was a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago before taking office and that he has attended church with his family since then. The Observer, which is owned by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, noted this.

Paladino was not the only Trump supporter to revive a conspiracy theory about Obama this week. Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Tuesday raised questions about Obama’s Harvard transcripts, suggesting that Obama did not release the records to hide that he was not born in the United States.

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  1. Avatar for zsak zsak says:

    “In the mind of the average American, there is no doubt he is a Muslim,” Paladino told the New York Observer in a phone interview. “He is not a Christian.”…;

    US Constitution, Article VI, Clause 3

    but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

  2. If this keeps up, Obama won’t be reelected.

  3. Ok, two things…

    1. Oh good lord this is pathetic… is reviving conspiracy theories all they have going for them now? Do they think these are the Primaries where this kind of crud sells? Do they think they can win in the General by just appealing to their base? Do they seriously think the general public gives a damn about their ridiculous puerile fantasies vs their actual policies towards, say, Medicare, banks, SS, taxes, infrastructure, domestic and foreign policy? NOTE: This is why conmen usually fail. If they’re too successful, they grow too big, and when exposed to a much broader audience (with an average IQ > 60-70, or where most of the audience actually has more than a 4-5th grade education) they are shown for the fakes and cheats that they are.

    2. Have these idiots realized that OBAMA IS NOT RUNNING??? Jesusrollerbladingchrist… I mean, wth???

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