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UPDATE: Schmidt, despite video, said she believes Obama is a U.S. citizen
 U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, is taking a lot of heat for a video posted by a left-leaning blog on YouTube that seems to indicate that she believes President Obama is not a citizen of the country, and therefore not qualified to be president.
For those who didn’t click through, the video shows a woman approaching Schmidt at an event and talking about how Obama is not qualified to be president. Schmidt can be overheard saying, “I agree with you…but the courts don’t.”
But in a statement released by her office, Schmidt said she was taken out of context.
“I was trying to be kind to a woman who was trying desperately and passionately to express her views,” she said. “She has the right to her beliefs, no matter how much I disagree with them.”
UPDATE: Spokesman Bruce Pfaff notes that the video posted is a truncated version of the original version, and at the time of this exchange, the conversation between Schmidt and the woman was well under way. The two had discussed several other topics before the woman brought up Obama’s citizenship. Before that, they had talked about the federal courts and the Constitution.
For the record, Schmidt said she believes Obama is a citizen of the United States and constitutionally qualified to be president.
“I may not agree with his politics but there is no doubt he is the President and has my full respect,” she said.
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By drunken orangetree
September 10, 2009 6:08 PM | Link to this
LOL, the perfect representative for the party of the crazies.By Philman
September 10, 2009 11:50 AM | Link to this
OH were so crazy, thats why a California Judge has set a date of Jan 11 to hear the case, you will not read that in the ddn, only at www.worldnetdaily.comBy Alan
September 10, 2009 10:00 AM | Link to this
Schmidt, despite her hair being pulled back so tightly to cut off oxygen to her brain, believes whatever the Republican party tells her she should believe. She an embarrassment to politics/gov’t. regardless of your affiliation. She has made a name for herself spewing nothing but vitriol. as a talking head for the fringe right.By Joe
September 10, 2009 9:49 AM | Link to this
Fortunately Rep. Jean Schmidt’s “belief” or anyone else’s for that matter does not satisfy the Constitution of the United States… Only a single piece of paper can do that.. A birth certificate… Not a certificate of live birth, that doesn’t prove he was born on American soil…. It’s so easy for Mr. Obama to make this all go away.. Just show a single stupid piece of paper. Why is he fighting this so hard… It shouldn’t be a problem.By Chris
September 10, 2009 8:57 AM | Link to this
It’s really becoming an Idiocracy in America. Voters are too lazy to check facts or scrutinize legislation. They repeat the 5 second sound bites and half truths spewed by right and left wing pundits as though they were cold hard facts. Wake Up, America!!!By null
September 9, 2009 9:56 PM | Link to this
she’s still a stark raving lunatic, along the lines of michelle bachman- well, like all reich wingers for that matter…By ironmyke
September 9, 2009 9:42 PM | Link to this
Isn’t that nice!