USA Today's Heidi Przybyla: Trump Continued His Birtherism Narrative By Calling Obama “The Founder Of ISIS”

Przybyla: In Calling Obama “The Founder Of ISIS,” Trump “Was Continuing A Narrative” He Began “When He Was Very Prominent In The Birther Movement”

From the August 14 edition of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos:

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HEIDI PRZYBYLA: Let's take the ISIS example. I really do not think he was saying this sarcastically since he said it so many times over and over again. I think in calling the president the founder of ISIS, he was continuing a narrative that he's begun, frankly, years ago in 2011. when he was very prominent in the birther movement. And I think then his advisers got to him and said this is not such a great idea, and he got up in the morning and tweeted out, and said, well I meant it sarcastically, but not really. So we, as the media, we need the take what you say, report it, and put the context in. And I think that's what we have done. 

Previously:

Birtherism: Trump’s Original Sin And The Media’s Latest One

CBS Evening News Fact-Checks Trump's Ridiculous Claim That Obama Is “The Founder Of ISIS”

CNN's New Day Fact-Checks Trump's “False Claim” That Obama Is The “Founder” Of ISIS