MSNBC president Phil Griffin calls Birthers racist

UPDATE 2:30 PM, July 25 MSNBC president Phil Griffin called the claim that President Obama is a foreigner, which has received significant media coverage over the last few days, "racist."

From the NY Times: It's racist, said Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC.  Just call it for what it is.

Mr. Griffin said the cable news coverage was set off by two back-to-back events: the introduction of a bill that would require presidential candidates to provide a copy of their original birth certificate (it has nine co-sponsors in the House and one in the Senate) and the video of a town hall held by a Republican Congressman that turned into a hearing on Mr. Obama's citizenship.

Rightardia believes the Birther movement is made up of many Tea Baggers who are racist. The Birthers are fundamentally saying they don't recognize Obama as the president of the US.

It is a mean spirited attempt to undermine President Obama's legitimacy. Obama won the election by nearly 8 million votes and had a 2:1 advantage in the Electoral College. His US citizenship has been confirmed by the state of Hawaii, FactCheck.org, Snopes.com and CNN.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/24/major-civil-rights-group_n_244532.html


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