by yousef saba 10/19/16 05:59 pm edt the invitation from donald trump's campaign to president barack obama<u+2019>s half-brother to attend the debate is not some sort of birther play, campaign spokesman jason miller said wednesday. <u+201c>chuck, that is, that<u+2019>s absurd,<u+201d> miller said when msnbc<u+2019>s chuck todd asked, <u+201c>this is not meant to be some sort of weird birther play?<u+201d> story continued below miller also defended trump<u+2019>s assertions that the election will be rigged during another testy exchange ahead of the third and final presidential debate. <u+201c>you<u+2019>re wrong,<u+201d> he told todd when the anchor stated that there is no proof that there is massive voter fraud in this country. by brianna ehley trump has a long history of conspiracy theories and played a big role in fueling the claim that obama was not born in the united states. under intense pressure to disavow that claim, trump admitted last month that obama was indeed born in the united states, but then tried to pin the origin of the conspiracy theory on hillary clinton and her 2008 campaign. under pressure from accusations that he has repeatedly groped women, trump recently has been peddling the idea that the election is rigged against him and that massive voter fraud is occurring. however, trump's campaign manager, kellyanne conway, earlier on wednesday disputed the idea, saying, <u+201c>no, i do not believe that<u+201d> when asked whether there will be widespread voter fraud in the election. by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
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