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First Read - Boehner reacts to birther outburst
Mark Murray
In his interview with John Boehner, NBC's Brian Williams got the new House speaker to react to today's outburst by a birther in the House gallery during the reading of the Constitution.
Williams: I'm curious as to how much responsibility you feel specifically because of something that happened this morning. During the reading of the Constitution, Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey, was reading a portion of the document, interrupted by someone who heckled from within the chamber. It was to express doubt over the president's American citizenship. Provided you believe the president is an American citizen, you've got 12 members co-sponsoring legislation that does about the same thing, it expresses doubt. Would you be willing to say, "This is a distraction, I've looked at it to my satisfaction. Let's move on"?
Boehner: The state of Hawaii has said that President Obama was born there. That's good enough for me.
YOU TELL'EM BOEHNER!
Time to whip out the little speaker and tell birthers to suckit and
Credit where credit's due. Good on him.
I'd be surprised if he had stated anything other than what he did, though. He recognizes the political liability of birferism.