Clinton Calls Trump’s Birther Debacle ‘A Disgrace’

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the American Legion's 98th Annual Convention at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump for his press event Friday in which he finally acknowledged President Obama’s U.S. birth, but falsely claimed that the Clinton had started rumors and that he had put the end to them. Clinton called the remarks a “disgrace” on Twitter, while launching an extensive attack on Trump’s history of birtherism and his refusal to apologize to President for “asinine” smears.

The Clinton campaign also issued a statement, calling Trump’s comments “disgraceful,” “appalling,” and “sickening.”

“Trump’s actions today were disgraceful,” Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager, said in a statement. “After five years of pushing a racist conspiracy theory into the mainstream, it was appalling to watch Trump appoint himself the judge of whether the President of the United States is American. This sickening display shows more than ever why Donald Trump is totally unfit be president.”

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  1. Deplorable? Come on, girl, just say it.

  2. That was the word that came to my mind. But without them saying it, people with think it, which is probably better.

  3. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    No. “Deplorable” is not enough. What Trump has done from the beginning is despicable, anti-American, and well nigh on seditious. He finally acknowledges (sort of) the truth of Obama’s birth and completely omits any acknowledgement or apology for the fact that he has been WRONG for these many years and that he has done tremendous damage to the President,our political system and our country both here and abroad. And then he has the chutzpah to blame it all on Hillary.

    To use an old Trump meme, in earlier days, a liar like Trump would be tied up, tarred, feathered and run out of town on rail. Given all his pathological lies and the damage he has caused, even that response would be too good for Trump… What a loooooser!

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  4. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    He hasn’t been wrong, he’s been lying. He knew that there was nothing there, but he also knew that he could gain notoriety and power by espousing this racist notion.

  5. Avatar for lew lew says:

    Its up to the media to stop Trump before he lies again!

    Sorry, I cracked myself up with that.

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