President Barack Obama deserves an apology from Donald Trump for his original "birther" claim amid Trump’s Friday admission Obama was born in the U.S. after all, Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich told NBC’s "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd on Sunday, as The Hill reported.
"You know, Chuck, yeah," Kasich said when asked if Trump owes President Obama an apology.
Kasich, who campaigned against Trump in the Republican primary this winter, has refused to back his party’s nominee, as "growing division and anger" exists in the country, he added.
"That's what we ought to be alarmed by," Kaisch told Todd. "There was tremendous hatred being directed at George W. Bush, you know, that he needed to be impeached and all these insane things.
"And that same anger has moved on to Barack Obama. And it's going to move on to whoever should win this election. We ought to be alarmed with the drift in this country away from what's best for our nation and not what's best for me as I, you know, vent my anger or frustration."
Trump said Friday in an event at the new Trump International Hotel near the White House that Hillary Clinton started the birther controversy.
"President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period," Trump said. "Now we all want to get back to making America strong and great again."
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