3 ms·
I've spoken to people who seriously believe he's a secret Muslim born in Kenya. The fact that our president-elect spent years pushing this completely fabricate
by JohnTHaller 10y ago
I've spoken to people who seriously believe he's a secret Muslim born in Kenya. The fact that our president-elect spent years pushing this completely fabricated lie to further his own ends didn't help.
- hackuser 10y agoTrump was a minor player in that rumor; it was pushed by many in the GOP and in right-wing 'news' organizations.
- weberc2 10y agoFor that matter, it originated among Hillary supporters in '08.
- JohnTHaller 10y agoOnce Trump finally dropped the birther lie in September of this year (seriously, he spent 5 years trumpeting that lie) he came up with the new lie: Hillary started it. Neither Clinton nor her campaign ever publicly questioned Obama's citizenship or birthplace.
- weberc2 10y agoI agree; I never posted anything to the contrary.
- hackuser 10y agoWhatever people's partisan feelings, surely Trump has established a track record that what he says is relatively very unlikely to be true. The above statement comes from Trump.
- weberc2 10y agoNo, it doesn't. As far as I can tell, Trump claimed HRC (or her campaign) originated the myth. This is different than her supporters, which is my claim. [This article][0] supports my point. [0]: http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/was-hillary-clinton-the-original-birther/ http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/was-hillary-clinton-the-ori...
- AnimalMuppet 10y ago... with "born in Kenya" being the relevant part. Muslim has nothing to do with it, secret or not.