During an interview aired on Wednesday’s CNN special, “The Legacy of Barack Obama,” President Obama stated that there are people whose concern about him is that he seems “foreign,” and “there’s a reason why attitudes about my presidency among whites in northern states are very different from whites in southern states.”
Obama said, “There are people who dislike me because they think I’m a liberal.”
He added, “I think there’s a reason why attitudes about my presidency among whites in northern states are very different from whites in southern states. So, are there folks who — whose primary concern about me has been that I seem foreign, the other? Are those who champion the birther movement feeding off of bias? Absolutely.”
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