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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the James L. Knight Center, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Miami.
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Trump Reverses Course on Obama ‘Birther’ Issue
JILL COLVIN acknowledged the fact statement at the end of a other, claiming the “birther tion of Obama’s birthplace
JONATHAN LEMIRE that the president was born campaign appearance. movement†was begun by was pushed by some blog-
Associated Press in America. He then imme- “Now we all want to get his Democratic rival, Hill- gers who backed Clinton’s
WASHINGTON (AP) — After diately peddled another back to making America ary Clinton. There is no evi- primary campaign against
five years as the chief pro- false conspiracy. “President strong and great again.†dence that is true. “Hillary him eight years ago, Clin-
moter of a lie about Barack Barack Obama was born in But as the GOP presiden- Clinton and her campaign ton has long denounced it
Obama’s birthplace, Don- the United States, period,†tial nominee sought to put of 2008 started the birther as a “racist lie.â€
ald Trump abruptly re- Trump declared, enunci- that false conspiracy the- controversy. I finished it,â€
versed course Friday and ating each word in a brief ory to rest, he stoked an- Trump said. While the ques- Continued on Page 4