This is your now-daily reminder that the Republican Party is dead and moldering, whatever ideology it once had now replaced by nothing more than a motley collection of xenophobia and conspiracy theories.
Trump’s New York State campaign co-chairman insisted in an interview on Thursday that President Obama is a Muslim, pointing to his policies in the Middle East as evidence.
“In the mind of the average American, there is no doubt he is a Muslim,” Carl Paladino, a 2010 candidate for New York governor, told the New York Observer. “He is not a Christian.”
When pressed by the Observer for proof, the Tea Party Republican and real estate developer pointed to Obama’s foreign policy.
Donald Trump surrounds himself with only the best people, so it's a sure bet that Lumpy McDeadEyes here is being considered for a cabinet spot. At the least, he’s a shoo-in for CNN contributor. It’s between him and the ex-soap-opera star who made the exact same claim at the Republican National Convention.