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Donald Trump Goes On Birther Rant, Romney Not Worried At All, No Sir
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 29, 2012
Modified May 29, 2012
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Okay Mitt, you're even in the polls, all you have to do is just sit tight and let those mean people make fun of your religion and let the economy do the rest. You know the drill old sport, don't rock the boat and—LOOK OUT! TRUMP! “I never really changed—nothing’s changed my mind,” Trump told CNBC this morning in reference to his skepticism of the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate. “I’ve been known as being a very smart guy for a long time,” Trump said, presumably as he exhaled a cloud of smoke that originated from a broken lightblub fashioned into a pipe. “I don’t consider myself birther or not birther, but there are some major questions here that the press doesn’t want to cover."
At least Romney won't have to physically interact with Donald Trump for awhile—not until after the fundraiser Trump is holding for the candidate tonight in Las Vegas. “You know, I don’t agree with all the people who support me, and my guess is they don’t all agree with everything I believe in,” Romney told reporters yesterday. “But I need to get 50.1 percent or more and I’m appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people.” And gee whiz if that 0.1% happens to be racist, so be it.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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