Spicer Complains About Misreported Birthplace; CNN's Tapper Trolls Him With a Reference to Birther..

[DonViejo]

Spicer Complains About Misreported Birthplace; CNN’s Tapper Trolls Him With a Reference to Birtherism

by Ken Meyer | 5:44 pm, February 25th, 2017

CNN’s Jake Tapper took a dig at press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday by making reference to one of the more controversial aspects of President Trump‘s political history.

Earlier today, the New York Times put out a report about Trump’s continued feud with the press, his past relationship with tabloids, and his frustration with leaks in his administration. Even though co-writer Glenn Thrush says he emailed Spicer to ask about certain details of the Times‘s story ahead of time, Spicer took issue with a certain aspect of the content:

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Enter Tapper, who added this bit of snark to the conversation:

Link to tweet

Tapper, of course, is referencing the “birther” conspiracy theory that Trump propagated for years before he became president; he suggested that Barack Obama was not a natural-born American citizen (and therefore not a legitimate president), and he flirted with the idea for years before finally renouncing it during the 2016 election.

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[malaise]

1. They must never be allowed to forget this

Rec

[madokie]

3. The thing is

dRumpF did indeed renounce it but you and I and anyone with more than a couple brain cells knows he still believes that our good man President Obama was born in Kenya. I'd bet good money that dRumpF still believes that with all his heart


Morning

Once a birther always a birther

[Ligyron]

4. and what's makes that claim totally irrelevant, as I understand it is,

as long as his mother was an American citizen, then so is he.

Just like Ted Cruz.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Drumpf's mother was off the boat from Scotland.

[janx]

11. And his grandfather was off the boat from Germany. n/t

[lunatica]

13. And 2 of his 3 wives are first generation off the boat immigrants

[mercuryblues]

30. Several of his kids are

anchor babies.

[malaise]

5. Good morning my brother

A racist birther

[madokie]

7. You got it

Peace to you Sister

Wishing you a most wonderful day and week coming up.

[lunatica]

14. I don't think he ever believed that President Obama is not an American President

Trump was experimenting and building his base up so he could eventually run successfully. He probably already knew Bannon and was following his advice. When he was able to actually get a following it probably cemented his desire for what he perceived Presidential power would give him.

I'm sure it's much to his dismay that what he's gotten is all the parts where the American President has very limited power. Must be a real shocker to him.

[madokie]

17. I can see your point

Peace

[lunatica]

19. I hope

I didn't sound like I was being aggressive! I was just wanting to add something to the discussion. Peace to you too.

[madokie]

21. Not at all

I missed thinking of it that way until your reply

[vlyons]

28. It's not so much that Trump BELIEVES Obama was born in Kenya,

but that it gives Trump perverse pleasure and satisfaction to denigrate, minimize, disrepect, and humiliate a black guy, who is more respected and beloved than Trump.

[madokie]

31. No doubt

I think you have it 100%

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Or He Never Believed It, and Played The Race Card With Both Hands

Red meat for his buffoonish followers. So, either he's delusional or a cynical racist. Either one is an acceptable descriptor.

[Zambero]

2. Tapper's response w/ cc to BO - Priceless!

As for Spicer - clueless! A put up and shut up moment if there ever was one, if he know's when it's time to quit whining.

[Else You Are Mad]

26. My guess...

is that Trump's fans are trying to figure out what cc means and what this evil, liberal, jewish code stands for.

[yardwork]

8. That was easy to hit home runs off!

[TNNurse]

9. Since they have no self-awareness

do you think Spicer even understood?

[lunatica]

16. Yes, he gets it and so does everyone else in the Administration

But in their minds it's "unfair". Like a 3 year old who thinks that it isn't the same when he/she takes something that doesn't belong to them, but cries brokenhearted when something is taken from them. Both scenarios are "unfair". But you have to have the mentality and emotional age of a 3 year old.

[heaven05]

10. to hell with spicertheliar

[CrispyQ]

12. Ha, ha!

I like Jake Tapper. Even before Trump, he was one of the best on CNN.

[Blue Idaho]

15. Rub his nose in it...

Rub Trump's nose in it too. Liars cheats and thieves should never be allowed to escape their past.

[neeksgeek]

18. My pet theory ...

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Is that Spicer was born in a vat, fully-formed, like some weird creature from science-fiction.

[lunatica]

20. And it was all meant as a joke on humanity

But somehow we keep trying to take him seriously for some reason. Maybe we're just too polite or something. always trying to give others credit for being relevant.

[neeksgeek]

22. I'm done being polite. I've gotten pretty abusive, actually.

I'm *trying* to engage in rational discussions, where I can, but lately I find that my knee-jerk reaction is a pretty angry one. As one of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings said, "If we all got angry together something might be done."

As for Dolt 45's people, I do take them seriously, but with an emphasis on how much damage they're doing.

[smirkymonkey]

23. This might help to explain a bit...

From Wikipedia:

"He attended Connecticut College from 1989 to 1993, graduating with a B.A. in Government. In college he was a student senator. In April 1993, he wrote a letter to the student paper, The College Voice, urging that new campus anti-smoking rules not alter existing accommodations for smoking during examinations, then submitted an angry complaint after they rendered his byline as "Sean Sphincter", for which he received further ribbing from the campus satirical publication Blats. The incident was later cited as the beginning of his "contentious" relationship with the media."

Sean Sphincter!

[struggle4progress]

24. Kenyan-born White House Press Secretary refuses to talk with the press!

[Denzil_DC]

25. The New York Times joined in the trolling later:

Link to tweet

Harry Siegel ✔ @harrysiegel



This "correction" is the perfect kicker to excellent @GlennThrush & @grynbaum story on Trump and the press. https://t.co/2abUbEyjNN

(First posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028709481 )

[LisaM]

32. So, he wouldn't say where he WAS born....

but then he complained that they used the (broad) area where he was 'bred' as where he was born? What's the matter with this guy?

[applegrove]

27. Go Jake, Go Jake, Go Jake!

[Gothmog]

29. LOL