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| Trump finally admits Obama was born in the US – campaign live | Trump finally admits Obama was born in the US – campaign live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 5.33pm BST | |
| 17:33 | |
| Clinton camp: Trump's actions 'disgraceful', 'appalling' | |
| The Clinton campaign has released a statement reacting to the Trump event, in the name of campaign manager Robbie Mook: | |
| Trump’s actions today were disgraceful. After five years of pushing a racist conspiracy theory into the mainstream, it was appalling to watch Trump appoint himself the judge of whether the President of the United States is American. This sickening display shows more than ever why Donald Trump is totally unfit to be president. | |
| 5.29pm BST | |
| 17:29 | |
| Kasich’s take on Trump’s birther switcharoo: Springsteen will sell more albums: | |
| Kasich: "Springsteen has to be really happy because 'Born in the USA' is probably gonna sell a lot more albums." https://t.co/8C7SJhtLdl | |
| 5.19pm BST | |
| 17:19 | |
| Somebody let Ohio governor John Kasich, who has said it is “very unlikely” that he’d vote for Trump, into the Brady briefing room: | |
| .@JohnKasich in the WH briefing room says the two countries most opposed to TPP are Russia and China pic.twitter.com/Vw1ZDHK6nF | |
| Kasich on lack of bipartisanship work: When politics is the order of the day and partisanship trumps country, we drift. We drift as a nation | |
| 5.04pm BST | 5.04pm BST |
| 17:04 | 17:04 |
| This seems about right. | This seems about right. |
| And the backdrop of the Trump event just collapsed. | And the backdrop of the Trump event just collapsed. |
| And now, amid breakdown of the event, the whole backdrop just toppled over domino style. Thankfully no one hurt. pic.twitter.com/KIUSZEhgf1 | And now, amid breakdown of the event, the whole backdrop just toppled over domino style. Thankfully no one hurt. pic.twitter.com/KIUSZEhgf1 |
| And the curtains and staging just collapsed in the room where Trump held his event. No one was near or injured. | And the curtains and staging just collapsed in the room where Trump held his event. No one was near or injured. |
| 5.02pm BST | 5.02pm BST |
| 17:02 | 17:02 |
| Free the media! | Free the media! |
| Security is keeping the press locked in the ballroom rn. | Security is keeping the press locked in the ballroom rn. |
| The next several days of birther coverage is really gonna get those white women in Philly suburbs off the fence & on board the Trump train! | The next several days of birther coverage is really gonna get those white women in Philly suburbs off the fence & on board the Trump train! |
| This is the counterpoint to the "Trump playing everyone like a fiddle" argument. https://t.co/7iNH4HmUQG | This is the counterpoint to the "Trump playing everyone like a fiddle" argument. https://t.co/7iNH4HmUQG |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.03pm BST | at 5.03pm BST |
| 4.58pm BST | 4.58pm BST |
| 16:58 | 16:58 |
| Trump, today: | Trump, today: |
| President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. | President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. |
| Trump, 2011-present: | Trump, 2011-present: |
| It's been 5 years, and Trump's still pushing the notion that @POTUS isn't American. pic.twitter.com/TApNqSOcvN | It's been 5 years, and Trump's still pushing the notion that @POTUS isn't American. pic.twitter.com/TApNqSOcvN |
| 4.56pm BST | 4.56pm BST |
| 16:56 | 16:56 |
| Profile in courage here. The media is not cooperating with Trump’s invitation to tour his new hotel. The fourth estate lives. | Profile in courage here. The media is not cooperating with Trump’s invitation to tour his new hotel. The fourth estate lives. |
| BREAK - Trump TV pool voted to pull the camera from Trump hotel tour and not air footage | BREAK - Trump TV pool voted to pull the camera from Trump hotel tour and not air footage |
| Can confirm Trump broadcast pool erased the tape of his tour of the hotel | Can confirm Trump broadcast pool erased the tape of his tour of the hotel |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.00pm BST | at 5.00pm BST |
| 4.49pm BST | 4.49pm BST |
| 16:49 | 16:49 |
| Trump leaving the event, which the campaign billed as a press conference, ignoring shouted questions by the media: | Trump leaving the event, which the campaign billed as a press conference, ignoring shouted questions by the media: |
| WATCH: Trump ignores press as they ask questions about Trump's sudden flip-flop on Obama birth conspiracy theories. https://t.co/M4uNevu7Rs | WATCH: Trump ignores press as they ask questions about Trump's sudden flip-flop on Obama birth conspiracy theories. https://t.co/M4uNevu7Rs |
| Media twitter right now pic.twitter.com/8zzXsUqXHM | Media twitter right now pic.twitter.com/8zzXsUqXHM |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.50pm BST | at 4.50pm BST |
| 4.47pm BST | 4.47pm BST |
| 16:47 | 16:47 |
| What did you think of that? | What did you think of that? |
| No, @politico, this is not breaking news. This is called racism. The rest of us never questioned our President. https://t.co/ch3I7m8en9 | No, @politico, this is not breaking news. This is called racism. The rest of us never questioned our President. https://t.co/ch3I7m8en9 |
| If you write about Trump gaming press…Be sure to note that Tapper et al on CNN are spending more time fact-checking the hell out of Trump… | If you write about Trump gaming press…Be sure to note that Tapper et al on CNN are spending more time fact-checking the hell out of Trump… |
| Donald Trump is pulling a monumental hoax on the American people and the press. If you don't call him out on it, you're part of it. | Donald Trump is pulling a monumental hoax on the American people and the press. If you don't call him out on it, you're part of it. |
| Hooray for this WaPo headline: Trump admits Obama born in U.S. but falsely blames Clinton for starting rumors https://t.co/je6rN4BB3T | Hooray for this WaPo headline: Trump admits Obama born in U.S. but falsely blames Clinton for starting rumors https://t.co/je6rN4BB3T |
| "They never mentioned his birth certificate. That never happened by Hillary Clinton." @jaketapper says. | "They never mentioned his birth certificate. That never happened by Hillary Clinton." @jaketapper says. |
| Trump's claim that Clinton started the controversy is false. You can read more here https://t.co/Hr2e4CTKjT & here https://t.co/oYGHQIY5Mi | Trump's claim that Clinton started the controversy is false. You can read more here https://t.co/Hr2e4CTKjT & here https://t.co/oYGHQIY5Mi |
| UPDATE: @realDonaldTrump fled. I yelled "WHERE ARE THE DETAILS OF YOUR CHARITABLE DONATIONS!" at volume of man warning of volcanic eruption. | UPDATE: @realDonaldTrump fled. I yelled "WHERE ARE THE DETAILS OF YOUR CHARITABLE DONATIONS!" at volume of man warning of volcanic eruption. |
| We're all idiots. | We're all idiots. |
| 4.42pm BST | 4.42pm BST |
| 16:42 | 16:42 |
| Well what did you think of that? | Well what did you think of that? |
| The spectacle that we just saw was an embarrassment to American democracy | The spectacle that we just saw was an embarrassment to American democracy |
| What on earth? Media was rick-rolled. Two sentences, two lies. | What on earth? Media was rick-rolled. Two sentences, two lies. |
| So a long commercial for Trump, followed by three sentences on birtherism, one of which was a lie. This is 2016. | So a long commercial for Trump, followed by three sentences on birtherism, one of which was a lie. This is 2016. |
| Roger Stone's dream is fulfilled. He got Trump to go birther to start this all off and now Trump can drop it. | Roger Stone's dream is fulfilled. He got Trump to go birther to start this all off and now Trump can drop it. |
| Trump spent half a decade poisoning America with a racist conspiracy theory about the president and about 10 seconds trying to dismiss it. | Trump spent half a decade poisoning America with a racist conspiracy theory about the president and about 10 seconds trying to dismiss it. |
| Trump takes no questions as reporters yell questions like "Why did it take so long?" https://t.co/Gk1wr6eTeF | Trump takes no questions as reporters yell questions like "Why did it take so long?" https://t.co/Gk1wr6eTeF |
| In case you missed that press conference: congrats. You are doing your life right. | In case you missed that press conference: congrats. You are doing your life right. |
| Me: Trump HotelCab driver: Whats going on there?Me: He's supposed to say Obama was born hereCab: And get publicity for his new hotel. | Me: Trump HotelCab driver: Whats going on there?Me: He's supposed to say Obama was born hereCab: And get publicity for his new hotel. |
| Appears the Trump press pool cameras are now being taken for a tour of the Trump hotel. | Appears the Trump press pool cameras are now being taken for a tour of the Trump hotel. |