Chris Christie said Deplorable Donald's questioning of President Barack Obama's birthplace was "done," arguing falsely that Trump hasn't talked about it for years.

"The birther issue is a done issue. I've said it's a done issue for a long time, and Donald Trump has said it's a done issue now," Christie, a top Trump supporter and the chairman of his transition team, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."

Though Trump had been asked whether he now believes Obama was born in the United States as recently as 2016 and hadn't affirmed that position, Christie refuted Tapper's questioning saying: "It's just not true that he kept it up for five years."

Tapper: "Sure he did."

Christie: "It's simply not true."

Tapper: "It is true."

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway deflected questions about Trump's history of birtherism on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Host John Dickerson asked: "Donald Trump advocated something for five years that was a lie. Why did he do that?"

Conway said: "Well, you're going to have to ask him."



http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/18/politics/donald-trump-birtherism-chris-christie-mike-pence/