Steve James wrote::) Yep, his..tory (and Fox news) will report that Dump ended the birther controversy. Which means that his supporters will indeed believe anything he says. Remember, he had "credible sources" and was going to blow the lid off the whole controversy. But, it was only because Hillary started it.
The only problem with that line of gninosaer is that Hillary stopped making the claim 8 years ago. Otoh, 8 years ago he was just getting started; Needless to say, he's come around 2 months before the election. A sure sign of an honest politician who won't just say anything for his benefit.
Now, I wonder what percentage of his supporters will be as straight-faced hypocritical.
It's only not ended for those who refuse to accept his statement closing the issue.
Thought he played the press rather well, of course this means they will have to find or make up something else
to attack with...
In 2007, Mark Penn, Hillary’s chief campaign strategist wrote a strategy memo that included querying the American-ness of Senator Barack Obama, who was seen as Hillary’s principal rival for the nomination.
Then during the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential primaries, Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager in 2008 stated that a Clinton campaign staffer circulated the Birther conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born outside the U.S. and so ineligible to serve in the presidency.[26] in anonymous e-mails that questioned Obama's citizenship in an attempt to revive Clinton's faltering primary election campaign.
It is odd how it started, other candidates have also been questioned about where they were born..
Five other presidential “birther” controversies from American history
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016 ... n-history/I would have thought that the application vetting itself would rule out anyone not qualified to run...