Joe Arpaio Reminds Everyone That Trump Questioned Obama’s Birth Certificate

FILE -This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. Arpaio is scheduled to testify Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 about his acknowledged disobedience of court or... FILE -This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. Arpaio is scheduled to testify Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 about his acknowledged disobedience of court orders in a racial profiling lawsuit and a secret investigation that he launched involving the case's judge. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File) MORE LESS
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Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio introduced Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Wednesday at a rally by reminding everyone that they were both vocal members of the “birther” movement that questioned President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

Arpaio’s comment came less than a day after the real estate mogul evaded a question about whether he thought Obama was a legitimate President.

“If you recall five months ago, I introduced Donald Trump,” Arpaio said, introducing Trump as the rally in Mesa, Arizona. “At that time, I said a few things, we have something in common—the birth certificate investigation, which is still going on.”

Both Arpaio and Trump have been vocal members of the “birther” movement which claims Obama was born in Kenya. At one point, Arpaio set people to Hawaii to investigate whether Obama was really born in the U.S.

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews had asked Trump after Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate whether he was “honest when he says that Barack Obama isn’t a legitimate president.”

Trump dodged the question.

“I don’t talk about that anymore,” he eventually replied.

Watch Arpaio’s introduction:

This post has been updated.

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  1. I HAVe to PROdUCE a BIRTH certificate WITH A RAISED SEAL to get a driver’s LICense. WHY IS this DIFferent for OHBummer?

  2. “People are finding out some very incredible things in Arizona, I gotta tell you.”

  3. Thank GOD that someone is STILL looking into this URGENT matter!!! Do we really want to live in a country that does NOT get to BOTTOM of this question?

  4. I guess they will be looking into Hillary’s birth certificate next. I hear it doesn’t say Clinton on the document; what is she trying to pull?

  5. I said a few things, we have something in common—the birth certificate investigation, which is still going on."

    Aside from the astounding lack of message discipline, I’m pleased to hear the investigation is “still going on”.

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