Halperin: Birtherism ‘Too Serious an Issue’ for Trump ‘to Erase the Past’ for Tens of Millions of People

HALPERIN: "He said three things. The first two were false that Hillary Clinton started it. Second, that he ended it. And then one thing that's true, President Obama was born in the United States. I think he's gotten away with telling false and saying falsehoods about things far more serious in terms of their impact on the real lives of real people. But this has a lot of emotional and symbolic resonance for millions of Americans. I think those who cared about this before will still care about it. Just as it's a stark reality of politics. We've seen in this week how much this things have already changed already. I suspect, he'll have to answer questions about it, but I suspect this will not dominate the conversation and the campaign's goal of taking off the table will for some people work. But I'll say again, it's too serious an issue for him to just try to erase the past for tens of millions of people."