Birtherism was why so many Republicans liked Trump in the first place
Birtherism was why so many Republicans liked Trump in the first place
- September 19, 2016
- Michael Tesler, poli sci, via The Washington Post, Sept. 19, 2016
Michael Tesler, associate professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine, [writes]: Birtherism quickly became a major campaign issue last week when Donald Trump refused to say that President Obama was born in the United States. Instead, he told The Washington Post’s Robert Costa, “I’ll answer that question at the right time. I just don’t want to answer it yet.”
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