Trump Plays The Race Card As Obama Plays His Trump Card on Birth Certificate

On the day when President Obama releases his long form birth certificate, Keith Boykin speaks with Contessa Brewer on MSNBC about Donald Trump and the birther controversy. Boykin argues that Trump uses racially coded language about Obama's birth, college transcripts and other so-called mysteries to feed into the conspiracy theories that Obama is different, he's black and he's a beneficiary of affirmative action.

See Boykin's piece in the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-boykin/trump-plays-the-race-card_b_854456...

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[Rabsputin]

@SuperLionLamb what questions might those be? you don't think those questions would have been asked by the right people before his inauguration?

the whole thing is a non-issue perpetuated by right wing racists who can't stand to have a black man in office. it's as simple as that.

[Rabsputin]

@xoxak888 taken out of context it's not racial however all the people who've been calling for this have been right wingers mainly based in states with horrible equality records. sure it's coincidental, but often times if you look like a duck and quack like a duck, you're a duck.

[laryea2011]

@xoxak888

You believe all the crap that people like hugly Allan keys ,who wished he had sex with Orly taitz ,and Orly Taitz had spewed!,

The long form birth certificate is still not enough for them to stop lying.

It is a racial question!No president ever had to go through this because they were white.

[ThatguyNice]

As Seth Meyers said, when Trump said, he "has a great relationship with the Blacks," he meant an all White family named Black.

[DoesThisOffendYou]

@xoxak888 It's because Donald Trump loves the 'blacks' and because no one wants to be the guy that proves the President wrong. That's like asking for death.

[xoxak888]

How is it racial to ask president's history? I don't think anybody knows anything about president because President blocked all info. I voted for Obama and I specailly liked it when obama declared for transparency. But, it bothers me specially when all the mdia are alway on obama side. What is going on?

[butterflybloom1]

Donald Trump is a racist pig.

[58tkdmike]

no matter what you do or say the RACIST BIRTHERS HATE that a black man is president....they are FAT OLD WHITE RACISTS and NOTHING will make them believe that President Obama should be president....

[vohshkab]

The Donald is insane if he thinks that the CIA would not have looked into Obama's birthplace even if there was a hint of an issue - notwithstanding the legions of Journalists and Republican party activists delving into every corner of Obama's life. This lack of sense of reality is a very good reason why Trump cannot be a serious candidate - he should stick to his "reality" shows

[Kflash3782]

@SuperLionLamb Stop using your black friend's computer while he's at work!