Subject: [big campaign] Video: Scott Brown Denies Asserting That Obama Was Born Out Of Wedlock, Refuses To Apologize
From: Adam Jentleson <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:22:17 -0500
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Scott Brown Denies Asserting That Obama Was Born Out Of Wedlock, Refuses To Apologize

Earlier this weekend, David Kravitz of the blog BlueMassGroup uncovered a 2008 video of State Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s special election, speculating that then-candidate Barack Obama was born out of wedlock. Today, ThinkProgress caught up with Brown to explain his comments, and asked if he would apologize for the accusation:

    TP: You said that he, his mother wasn’t married when [Obama] was born. You’re not apologizing for that video?

    BROWN: Excuse me, now I wanna answer this question. I was asked whether the president’s parents were married. I said I didn’t know. That was the extent of the question. 

But Brown was never asked about the marital status of Obama’s parents. During the 2008 video, Brown volunteered the assertion that Obama was born out of wedlock:

    BROWN: Barack’s mom had him when she was what, 18 years old?

    GUEST: And married!

    BROWN: Well, I don’t know about that. [laughing]

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/18/brown-accuse-obama-bastard/

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