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>> so dana, what i was asking mr. prebus, i asked him why he didn't call on donald trump to stop talking about the birther issue and move on, if he really wants like every politic to move on from this issue. should he do that? >> i don't know that he could actually stop trump from trauking about whatever trung wants to talk about. it's donald trump. in the press conference that he gave immediately following the president's press conference was in my estimation his victory lap. i don't think you could have the rnc chairman call donald trump and say can you maybe not talk about this anymore? can we move on to something else? i don't think it would be successful. >> james, what do you think? >> not this guy, but think of the speaker of the house who knows better saying, well, as far as i know he was born in america. they asked him will you tout these birther bills. he said that's not my job.
about this issue from our grass roots, nothing. the only people that talk to me about this issue are people like you, carol, and people in the media. >> why do so many republicans believe that the president might not be born in this country, more than 40%? isn't it the duty of the republican party to say, to kind of like make people believe what is true? >> carol, i believe and i have said that the president was born in hawaii. i have never said anything other than that, as chairman of the republican national committee. now, as chairman of the republican national committee, i hope and pray that the democrats and this president get serious about getting our economy back on track, because if we don't do anything, we are going to go broke and we are going to pass on an america to our kids and grandkids that we don't want to pass on. it is time to get serious. let's move on to more serious topics, that being jobs, the debt, the deficit, and saving medicare and social security, which the republicans are the
well, donald trump breathed new life into the birther movement these last few months, it has also had plenty of conservative support. you had newt gingrich talking about the president's kenyon, anti-colonialist world view. you had sarah palin saying obama citizenship was rightfully and issue and fair game. i spoke with the chairman of the republican national committee, reince prevost. i started by asking his response to the president's release of his original birth certificate. >> i have said for a long time and we have been saying for months, this whole thing is a complete distraction to spend more time talking about it while our country is walking off a fiscal cliff. this president is more worried about birth certificates, oprah winfrey and fund-raiser at the