To play the polemic game once more; from the Völkischer Beobachter(/):

Donald Trump again won’t acknowledge Obama was born in the U.S. https://t.co/XlqqHsimRy pic.twitter.com/vCkEHSEIzb

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 16, 2016

Late Thursday, in an effort at damage control, a Trump spokesman issued a statement saying that “Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the United States.”

But the statement, by Jason Miller, a senior communications adviser, goes on to falsely blame Hillary Clinton for starting rumors about Mr. Obama’s birth in the 2008 campaign, and it then called her “weak” for not getting the question answered.

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The Clinton campaign is unlikely to let Mr. Trump off the hook at a time when he clearly wants to change the subject.

Hillary Clinton was quick to respond in a blistering speech, asking an audience in Washington on Thursday night, “When will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry?”