NEW VIDEO SHOWS ROB PORTMAN’S ASSOCIATES DON’T BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN
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In response to Talking Points Memo’s report that Congressman Rob Portman stood silent as two Republican leaders made comments questioning President Obama’s citizenship, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released a new video this morning to ask Rob Portman if he believes President Obama is a U.S. citizen? According to TPM, Portman’s spokeswoman acknowledged that the remarks were "inappropriate" but failed to clarify whether or not Portman believes that President Obama is a U.S. citizen. The “birther” comments were made by former State Rep. Jim Buchy and State Rep. James Zehringer at the Darke County Lincoln Day Dinner, an annual Republican Party fundraiser which Portman attended.
“The question remains, does Rob Portman doubt the president’s citizenship or does he just choose to stay quiet when it is politically convenient?” DSCC National Press Secretary Deirdre Murphy said. “Enough is enough. Portman owes Ohioans an answer as to whether or not he believes President Obama was born in the U.S.”
Said Buchy: "Lincoln was a skinny lawyer. Obama is a skinny lawyer. Lincoln was a Republican. Obama is a skinny lawyer. Lincoln was highly respected. Obama is a skinny lawyer. Lincoln was born in the United States. Obama is a skinny lawyer."
Said Zehringer: “Rob Portman is an American lawyer. That's the first sentence [on his Wikipedia page]. That's something our president can't say,"
Portman’s noticeable silence on the issue of the president’s citizenship is the latest example of the former Bush Budget Director and Trade Ambassador’s unwillingness to distance himself from the extreme fringes of his own Party. In February of 2008, Portman did nothing to refute the highly inflammatory remarks extreme conservative talk show host Bill Cunningham made towards then presidential candidate Barack Obama. Portman followed Cunningham who called the president a “hack” and tried to stir up the crowd by referring to the president using his middle name, Hussein. Last week, Portman refused to sever ties with the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST), which refers to public officials as Nazis on its Web site. Similarly, while Portman called the group’s statements “highly inappropriate,” he keynoted the group’s biggest event of the year, raising them $15,000 while ignoring calls from 20 Ohio legislators to cancel his speech and distance himself from COAST. The letter from the lawmakers remains unanswered by Portman.
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