The Hill News

Republicans, including Rick Perry, should drop the “birther” issue, said Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, in an interview airing Friday on Bloomberg TV’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt.”

“I’ve said from the very beginning that I think it’s a big distraction,” Priebus said. “But I think it’s an issue that’s been dropped.”

Priebus blamed the news media for badgering Republican presidential contender Perry over the issue of President Obama’s birthplace in recent interviews.

“I think he was also badgered about 20 times on the question,” Priebus said. “To be fair to him, I think that was the result of a serious peppering and continuation. And after a while, you just say, fine.”

Read more...