CNN's Corey Lewandowski Goes Full-On Birther Against President Obama
Donald Trump's former campaign manager and now paid CNN contributor decided the best way to push back against President Obama's scathing critiques of Trump is by reviving dead and buried birther fantasies.
Lewandowski was upset that President Obama started to respond to the constant attacks by Trump and when he called Donald "unfit for presidency," he said, "And if he wants to engage in partisan politics, I don't think this is the right venue for it."
CNN's Angela Rye pushed back and called out Trump for being the leader of the birther movement, "He is the one who was the spokesperson for the birther movement, and was calling for transcripts for -- and saying the president was an affirmative action admittee of Harvard."
Corey jumped on the birther comment immediately and channeled the crazy Orly Taitz and asked, " Did he ever release his transcripts from Harvard?"
This caused an eruption on the set:
RYE: Corey? Just a moment, I'm going to Beyonce you. Boy, bye. You just so out of line right now, tell your candidate to release his tax returns.
LEWANDOWSKI: Don't raise the issue if you don't want to address it.
RYE: Two words, tax returns. Tax returns.