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Birtherism Kingpin Jerome Corsi Promotes Grotesque Animated Video Attacking “Ameriphobe” Hillary

Jerome Corsi writes at World Net Daily: Filmmaker Joel Gilbert, the creator of the “Super Trump” billboard that played in Times Square last week, has produced a satirical animated video in which Hillary Clinton is sent to an institution for treatment for being an “Ameriphobe.” An Ameriphobe, according to Gilbert’s video, is “a person who is offended by the traditional, …

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Donald Trump Confesses: I Only Gave Up On Birtherism Because I Wanted To Get On With My Campaign

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump said Wednesday he finally gave up pushing conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama’s birthplace because it was politically convenient to do so. Trump, in an interview with the ABC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, was asked why he finally decided to acknowledge that Obama was born in the U.S. “After all the years where you’ve …

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Kellyanne Conway Dodges, Weaves, Lies, Misdirects, And Lies Some More About Trump’s Birtherism [VIDEO]

Dodge, lie, weave, lie, waffle, lie, misdirect, lie, pivot, lie. CBS News reports: Two days after GOP nominee Donald Trump finally conceded that President Obama was born in the United States, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway blamed the entire “birther” theory on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign. “This started with Hillary Clinton’s campaign, number one,” she told CBS’ “Face the Nation. …

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Jan Brewer: Lots Of Democrats Were Birthers Too

Via Mediaite: Former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer claimed on CNN this morning that there were plenty of Demcorats that questioned President Obama‘s birthplace too. After Marc Morial said Trump “sounded like Joseph McCarthy,” Brewer said it’s time to move on from this. She noted that for years, “it was a feeding frenzy on both sides of the aisle.” That comment …

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Hillary Ad Slams His “She Started It” Birther Claim: Trump Lies Even When He Admits The Truth [VIDEO]

Hillary Clinton’s media team hits it out of the park for the second time today with a new web ad that documents the many, many lies Donald Trump has told during his years-long birther crusade, including the whopper he told this morning in Washington DC. Watch below. You’ll like this. Donald Trump has spent years peddling lies about President Obama. …

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Trump’s World Net Daily Birther Partner Jerome Corsi Refuses To Discuss Trump’s Birther Flip-Flop [AUDIO]

HAH. Via Right Wing Watch: When Donald Trump, after years of fueling the racist birther conspiracy theory, finally said today that President Obama was “born in the United States, period,” we wondered how Trump’s former allies in the birther movement would react. It turns out that one leading birther is just refusing to talk about it, in an apparent effort …

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Breitbart Illustrates Birther Story With Gorilla Photo

The totally not racist level heads at Breitbart have decided that it’s totally not racist to illustrate a story about the black president of the United States with an image of Harambe, the gorilla recently put down at the Cincinnati Zoo. As you surely know, Breitbart is run by Stephen Bannon, who last month became the third and latest Trump …

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Washington Post To Trump: Where’s That $5 Million You Promised To Donate If Obama Is An American?

The Week reports: Donald Trump was in large part responsible for spreading the conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was born abroad (spoiler alert: Obama was born in Hawaii). After years of promoting the theory, Trump blurted Friday that he believes Obama was in fact born in the United States — and if Trump is true to his word, that …

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Congressional Black Caucus Denounces Trump As “Two-Bit Racial Arsonist” & “Disgusting Fraud” [VIDEO]

Wow. This was great to watch. The Associated Press reports: Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Friday called Donald Trump a “disgusting fraud” and demanded that he apologize to President Barack Obama for repeatedly challenging the first African-American president’s U.S. citizenship before retreating from the claim on Friday. One by one, outraged members of the CBC denounced the Republican …

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BOOM: Hillary Ad Slams The “Birther-In-Chief” [VIDEO]

The timing of Hillary’s last few ads has been flawless. Politico recaps: The 45-second spot plays a series of clips from Trump in recent years questioning Obama’s citizenship, including an interview with “The View” in which he said there is “something on that birth certificate that he doesn’t like.” The video also includes Trump speculating on whether Obama is a …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Speaks On Racist Birther Claims

Donald Trump is due to take the podium shortly at his garish Trump International Hotel in Washington DC, where the presidential suite will go for $100,000 per night (five night minimum stay) during the January inauguration celebrations for Hillary Clinton. Heh. Watch below. Trump is expected to finally address his racist birther claims, which his campaign last night said he no …

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Fox Pundit: Birtherism Won Trump The Nomination

Fox News political analyst Chris Stirewalt better be prepared for a troll avalanche. “This is a tricky dismount for Donald Trump. He would not be the Republican nominee had he not been the leader of the birther movement in 2011. And if he had not had this set to President Obama about it, he wouldn’t be where he is today. …

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OFF THE RAILS: Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly Rips Into Trump Spox Katrina Pierson On Birtherism [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: A segment on The Kelly File went a little off the rails tonight when Megyn Kelly confronted Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson over whether he’s still a birther. In a new interview tonight, Trump refused to say whether he still holds that insane view about President Obama‘s birth, hinting he would do so “at the right time.” Kelly …

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Trump Vows “Major Statement” On Birtherism [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Donald Trump passed up yet another opportunity to say he accepts the fact that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, promising to make a “major statement” on Friday morning in front of his latest hotel project and telling CNBC’s Mario Bartiromo, “We have to keep the suspense going, OK? But he also blamed his opponent …

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Trump Refuses To Renounce Birtherism, Makes Insane Claim That Clinton Campaign Invented “Alt-Right” Term

The Washington Post reports: In the interview, conducted late Wednesday aboard his private plane as it idled on the tarmac here, Trump suggested he is not eager to change his pitch or his positions even as he works to reach out to minority voters, many of whom are deeply offended by his long-refuted suggestion that Obama is not a U.S. …

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Conway: Trump Is No Longer A Birther [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s campaign manager insisted Friday that the candidate no longer questions President Barack Obama’s birthplace, though Trump himself remains silent on the issue. Kellyanne Conway told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” that the so-called birther controversy is over, following similar comments from Trump supporter and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to that effect. “He believes …

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Mike Pence Breaks With Trump’s Birtherism: I Believe Obama Was Born In Hawaii, I Accept His Birthplace

First he breaks with Trump on tax returns and now this. The Hill reports: Donald Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, on Wednesday said he accepts that President Obama was born in the U.S., something the GOP presidential nominee himself has shied away from discussing. “I believe Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. I accept his birthplace,” the Indiana governor told …

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72% Of Republicans Doubt Obama Is An American

NBC News reports: One way that Donald Trump launched onto the political stage five years ago was through his fervent claims that President Barack Obama was not a U.S. citizen. Though Obama has since produced birth certificates certifying his birth in Hawaii, recently, such rumors have been given new life by commentators and pundits on the right. But just how …

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BOY BYE: CNN Panelist Goes Beyonce On Corey Lewandowski After He Goes Full Obama Birther [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: CNN contributor and former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski went full birther tonight in a panel segment that really went off the rails. Lewandowski and Angela Rye were fighting over President Obama calling Trump unfit to be president, with Rye bringing up birtherism and how Trump was demanding to see Obama’s college records. Lewandowski decided to ask …

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Nation’s Leading Birther Endorses Canadian Ted Cruz

World Net Daily founder Joseph Farah, the man who spawned anti-Obama birtherism, has endorsed Canada-born Ted Cruz. He writes: Ted Cruz’s history demonstrates he has the clearest, most Reaganesque vision of where the country needs to go in its much-needed recovery from eight years of Barack Obama. Cruz is principled, sophisticated and a solid conservative whose understanding of and commitment …

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