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'This is a Disgusting Day': Congressional Black Caucus Reacts to Trump's Birther Walkback (Original Post) BeyondGeography Sep 2016 OP
True shenmue Sep 2016 #1
#DisgustingDonald Hav Sep 2016 #2
Yes, I think that's true stage left Sep 2016 #4
Barbara Lee wryter2000 Sep 2016 #3
They called it!!! ladym55 Sep 2016 #5

Hav

(5,969 posts)
2. #DisgustingDonald
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:52 PM
Sep 2016

It's important to point out again and again that it was this birther nonsense that made him a political player, as ridiculous as it sounds. But that and nothing else was his entry.

stage left

(3,352 posts)
4. Yes, I think that's true
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:15 PM
Sep 2016

And Barbara Lee stated it well. Birtherism was his entryway to the political arena.

wryter2000

(47,940 posts)
3. Barbara Lee
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:12 PM
Sep 2016

My congresswoman is always right there.

She coughed. I hope that doesn't mean she's at death's door.

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