Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump Birther Statement - 'This Is Pathetic'

[Donkees]

Published on Sep 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump Birther Statement - 'This Is Pathetic'

Sen. Bernie Sanders Sarcastically Dismissed A Statement From Donald Trump's Campaign Saying That The Republican Nominee Now Believes President Barack Obama Is A US Citizen, Arguing That The "birther" Movement Is About "delegitimizing The First African-American President In The History Of Our Country."

Appearing Friday On "New Day" On CNN, Sanders Offered A Caustic Rejection Of The Trump Campaign's Statement, Put Out By Spokesman Jason Miller On Thursday Night.
"Well Isn't That Something. My Word! After Eight Years Of Having President Obama As President, Donald Trump Now Thinks He's A Legitimate President. Well I'm Just Overwhelmed With Emotion," Sanders Told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
"Look, This Is Pathetic. And This Goes To The Root Of What Trump's Campaign Is About," Said Sanders. "Let's Be Clear -- It's About Bigotry. You Remember, Let's All Remember, That A Few Years Ago, Donald Trump Was The Leader Of The So-called 'birther' Movement. And What The Birther Movement Was About Was Not Being Critical Of Obama. This Is Democracy, We Can Criticize Obama. It Was Delegitimizing The First African-American President."

[Gothmog]

1. Sanders needs to convince voters that a vote fora third party candidate is a vote for trump

[True_Blue]

2. Lol! I Love Bernie

Thanks for sharing! I have no doubt that the last thing Senator Sanders wants to see is the poster boy for the greedy 1% running the Country.

[douglasmark497]

3. How about Ted Cruz?

Ted Cruz's citizenship was questioned as well. I am not sure this birther movement was FUNDAMENTALLY about racism. Plenty of black conservatives such as Pastor Manning joined in on the bandwagon. The birther movement was about dismissing Obama because of his politics not FUNDAMENTALLY because of his race.

[Fla Dem]

5. I don't for a minute believe the impetus wasn't racism.

However whether or not it was racism or political all those who joined the birther movement were motivated by racism. Because a few radical African Americans support Trump and his views does not disqualify the motivation of Trumps questioning Obama's heritage.

As far as the issue with Cruz, it was a convenient attack because his and his parents' immigration status was murky. It also had nothing to do with political ideology. Race was another element of the attacks because of Cruz' s Hispanic heritage.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. "The records were a little sketchy. That he never put them out." Go fuck yourself asshole. I's beyond

how people can subject themselves to more than 10 minutes a week of this bullshit. No there was nothing sketchy and he did fucking out them out, to my own chagrin. As if these motherfuckers had any legitimate claims as to the authenticity of the original documents which were out there for anybody to see. If his dad's name had been Barry Worthington III from the UK or some such shit. His citizenship would've never been called into question.