On Friday, Donald Trump stated that President Barack Obama was indeed born in the United States laying to rest any doubt voters may have had on his leanings on the matter. Hillary Clinton immediately fired shots at Trump on Twitter saying her opponent is guilty of peddling a “racist conspiracy” about Obama. Let us not forget that Clinton has blasted Trump in the past for starting the birther conspiracy way back in 2008.
Mrs. Clinton said “And let’s not forget that Trump first gained political prominence leading the charge for the so-called birthers. He promoted the racist lie that President Obama is not really an American citizen. Part of a sustained effort to delegitimize America’s first black president.”
Hillary’s longtime confidant Sidney Blumenthal was actually the one to promote the idea to Clinton according to The former Washington bureau chief of McClatchy Co. Due to his actions back then he was barred from any administrative positions in Obama’s cabinet. Hillary is even on record back in the 2008 primaries claiming Obama had no right to be POTUS by hinting about his Islamic roots. Of course, fast forward 8 years and she will swear up and down her words were irrelevant.
In the vicious tweet posted on her Twitter account she said “Trump has spent years peddling a racist conspiracy aimed at undermining the first African American president. He can’t just take it back,” the former first lady and Democratic presidential nominee tweeted. “The birther lie is what turned Trump from an ordinary reality TV star into a political figure … What Trump should do: for once in his life, own up to his mistakes. Apologize to the president, and to the American people.”
On Friday, Trump pointed out Clinton’s involvement in the original birther movement. Apparently, it ruffled her feathers. Perhaps Mrs. Clinton should take her own advice and own up to her lies and mistakes.