Headline o' the day
by digby
Hard to believe that the GOP nominee for VP is breaking with his running mate by saying he believes the president of the United States is an American but there it is.
“Well I believe Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, I accept his birthplace," Pence told reporters during a brief gaggle aboard his campaign plane before a fundraising event
Responding to Pence's insistence that Trump is expanding the GOP base, Politico adds blandly:
Trump has continued to struggle among African American voters, with many analysts pointing to his 2011 effort that sought unsuccessfully to show the president was not born in the United States as a source of the discomfort with Trump. Even after Obama released his long form birth certificate, Trump suggested it could be a forgery and has since called on Obama to release his college transcripts.
He has avoided questions about the controversy this week, telling reporters Monday, "I don't talk about it, because if I talk about that, your whole thing will be about that."
Sure, that's cool. Never mind.
.
