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BuddyCa

(99 posts)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 02:13 PM Mar 2017

Trump's birtherism should be included in every story

about his accusation about Obama wiretapping him.

As the Philadelpia Inquirer did:

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Offering-no-evidence-Trump-claims-Obama-tapped-his-phones.html
It’s not the first time Trump has made an explosive claim about Obama. Back in 2011, the then-reality TV star jumped on the "birther" movement by claiming Obama wasn’t born in the United States, even after Obama made public his long form birth certificate from Hawaii.

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An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.
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In September 2016, then Republican presidential-nominee Trump finally admitted that Obama was a U.S. citizen.

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