Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 11:54 AM Aug 2016

Lewandowski raises question of Obama's birthplace

Source: The Hill

Donald Trump's former campaign manager on Tuesday suggested President Obama concealed his birthplace by not releasing his college transcripts.

* * *

"The question was, did he get in as a U.S. citizen or was he brought into Harvard University as a citizen who wasn't from this country? I don't know the answer," he said.

Lewandowski said earlier that Obama was "fair game" for attacks if he continued to rip Trump.

Political commentator Angela Rye interjected that Trump "has been attacking the president long before he began campaigning."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/290219-lewandowski-was-obama-citizen-when-he-went-to-harvard



If you need a reminder of how Trump originally gained currency as a GOP candidate...
30 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Lewandowski raises question of Obama's birthplace (Original Post) TomCADem Aug 2016 OP
Lets beat that dead horse some more. olddad56 Aug 2016 #1
Please, please bring up the Birtherism stuff. Praying they do. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #2
Please proceed, Governor. 6chars Aug 2016 #27
Seriously, this would be a disaster for idiot Trump. Bring it up again. Will they question Hillary's anneboleyn Aug 2016 #28
Obama was raised in the midwest by his VETERAN grandfather. Vinca Aug 2016 #3
His mom was raised in the Midwest. Obama was raised largely in Hawaii. kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #11
And partially in Indonesia maxsolomon Aug 2016 #20
Obama Derangement Syndrome. It's incurable. kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #21
Unfortunately my Dad is a victim maxsolomon Aug 2016 #24
Correct me if I'm wrong ... VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #4
Looks like they've reached the bottom of the bag of talking points.. misterhighwasted Aug 2016 #9
It's only Wednesday. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #13
They'll be pulling lint outta that bag by friday. misterhighwasted Aug 2016 #14
To a Republican we all look the same! whistler162 Aug 2016 #12
Since Trump has been involved / pushed this lie Kathy M Aug 2016 #16
Trump is running against anyone who criticizes him Skittles Aug 2016 #22
when a singer's new material flops, you go back to the classic early hits. unblock Aug 2016 #5
idiots. as long as his mother was american, so was he, no matter where you think he was born electron_blue Aug 2016 #6
hey does that make me a Brit? Skittles Aug 2016 #23
I was watching this exchange on CNN last night and I have to believe that... StraightRazor Aug 2016 #7
Agree .... Have been wondering if they are Kathy M Aug 2016 #17
Stimulating the Know-Nothing base bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #8
Trump will eat a live baby in 3... 2... 1... truthisfreedom Aug 2016 #10
At least from our side, this is getting more and more entertaining! unitedwethrive Aug 2016 #15
"Some say..." louis-t Aug 2016 #18
Lewandowski, ask your buddy Donald about his investigators' reports csziggy Aug 2016 #19
What bugs the most is that this biased jerk is on CNN's payroll TexasBushwhacker Aug 2016 #25
Very clever. Chemisse Aug 2016 #26
This is all they have left...... llmart Aug 2016 #29
Sigh. n/t Little Tich Aug 2016 #30

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
28. Seriously, this would be a disaster for idiot Trump. Bring it up again. Will they question Hillary's
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:47 PM
Aug 2016

birthplace?! Why do I have a feeling that the toxic baboon and his idiotic ex-sidekick Lewandowski would never bring up Hillary's birthplace...just Obama's...because you know...

Vinca

(50,279 posts)
3. Obama was raised in the midwest by his VETERAN grandfather.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 11:56 AM
Aug 2016

One more attack by Trumpians against the military.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
20. And partially in Indonesia
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:07 PM
Aug 2016

Where they get this shite about Kenya, as well as believing he's a secret Muslim, baffles me.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
24. Unfortunately my Dad is a victim
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:07 PM
Aug 2016

He believes Obama's a secret Muslim. I can't talk to him about anything but the weather and baseball.

VMA131Marine

(4,140 posts)
4. Correct me if I'm wrong ...
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 11:57 AM
Aug 2016

but I thought Trump was running against Hillary Clinton, not Barack Obama. The Republicans should sue Trump for destroying their party.

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
16. Since Trump has been involved / pushed this lie
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 02:49 PM
Aug 2016

for so long ..... I have been wondering who Don is actually running against

unblock

(52,257 posts)
5. when a singer's new material flops, you go back to the classic early hits.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 11:59 AM
Aug 2016

except that this one is a bad joke. plus it's too obvious.

reminds me of that scene in the hudsucker proxy, where tim robbins repeats the joke "well frankly, i don't think anybody expected this much hoopla". it worked the first time. the second time, after all kinds of bad news,... not so much.

 

StraightRazor

(260 posts)
7. I was watching this exchange on CNN last night and I have to believe that...
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 12:07 PM
Aug 2016

Lewandowdski is still on Trump's payroll.

He was 'fired' so that he could be quickly hired to become a commentator on CNN, thereby giving Trump a mouthpiece within the MSM and not just a 'surrogate'. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if CNN and Trump negotiated the entire ruse before Cory was let go.

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
17. Agree .... Have been wondering if they are
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 02:56 PM
Aug 2016

trying same thing with the Manafort story that has been in the news last couple of days and the " Intervention " . I am taking it as all a ruse till proven otherwise .

I hope the media does not go soft in their questioning in the future ....... we do not need any more lies or tricks from Dons campaign



bucolic_frolic

(43,196 posts)
8. Stimulating the Know-Nothing base
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 12:09 PM
Aug 2016

with some leftover red meat

he's on CNN as a campaign asset, this is proof

Fire him

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
18. "Some say..."
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 03:23 PM
Aug 2016

The question was, is Drumpf is the most ignorant person on the planet or is he just pretending? I don't know the answer.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
19. Lewandowski, ask your buddy Donald about his investigators' reports
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:27 PM
Aug 2016

That were going to show soooo much about Obama's past!

DONALD TRUMP:
I am saying I want to see the birth certificate. It’s very simple. I want to see the birth certificate. How come his own family doesn’t know which hospital he was born in? How come– forget about birth certificates. Let’s say there’s no birth certificate. How come in the hospital itself, okay? This is one of the…in the hospital itself, there’s no records of his birth. In other words, it doesn’t say how much they paid, where is the doctor, here’s your room bill. You know, all the

MEREDITH VIEIRA:
You’ve been privy to all of this to know this?

DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I have people that actually have been studying it and they cannot believe what they’re talking.

MEREDITH VIEIRA:
You have people now out there searching– I mean, in Hawaii?

DONALD TRUMP:
Absolutely. And they cannot believe what they’re finding. And I’m serious—
http://therightscoop.com/trump-my-people-in-hawaii-cant-believe-what-they-are-finding/


That interview was in April 2011. It's been over five years and Trump never released anything about what his so called investigators found. If he sent any one, they found nothing news worthy:
What Donald Trump's Birther Investigators Will Find in Hawaii
Joshua Green Apr 12, 2011

<SNIP>
When you go to Hawaii to investigate Obama's birth, what you're looking to examine are public records. They're easy to find. Fly into the Honolulu airport, rent a car, and drive downtown to the state library. You can't miss it: it's practically in the shadow of the gold-leaf King Kamehameha statue in front of the Aliiolani Hale, the former palace. Once inside the library, head downstairs where they keep the microfilm. Obama was born (they tell us) on August 4, 1961, but you'll want the August 13, 1961 edition of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, because that's when the birth announcement appeared. When you've loaded up the film, flip to the back pages, to the section of the paper called "Vital Statistic." This is the record of births, marriages, and deaths provided by the Hawaii Department of Health's Bureau of Vital Statistics. When you get to Page B-6, scan down the lefthand column--there it is, toward the bottom:

" target="_blank">Mr. and Mrs. Barack H. Obama, 6085 Kalanianaole Hwy., son, Aug. 4


Congratulations! You've located the birth announcement. Nothing indicates obvious Kenyan-Communist plotting or the nefarious handiwork of Bill Ayers. And the competing paper, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, also published an announcement. But you'll want to be diligent and investigate that address. So you'll head back upstairs and hunt down a copy of the Honolulu City Directory. Actually, because these documents are snapshots in time, you'll want the city directories from 1960 through 1962, to see if you can establish any pattern of movement.

After you've lugged them to a table, you'll find the address: it turns out to belong to the Dunhams, who are the parents of Ann Dunham, Obama's mother. If you keep looking, you'll also discover that Barack Obama Sr. is listed at a separate address, 625 11th Ave. in Kaimuki, close to the University of Hawaii. So you can surmise that Obama's parents may not have lived together. You can also find a newspaper article in which Barack Obama Sr. talks about how he is going to Harvard. A short while later, Obama's mother, Ann, returns to using her maiden name, Dunham, and several years after that, the parents divorce. And that's all you're going to find.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/what-donald-trumps-birther-investigators-will-find-in-hawaii/237198/

TexasBushwhacker

(20,204 posts)
25. What bugs the most is that this biased jerk is on CNN's payroll
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:34 PM
Aug 2016

He has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.

llmart

(15,540 posts)
29. This is all they have left......
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:27 PM
Aug 2016

Look for Bengazi to start back up!!!

I smell desperation from the GOP.

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Lewandowski raises questi...