John Sununu Bashes Obama’s Kenya Trip: ‘Inciting Chatter’ on Birther Issue

The White House announced Monday morning that President Barack Obama will travel to Kenya in July, his first trip to the country as president, though his fourth to the continent. Fox host Martha McCallum and former New Hampshire John Sununu (R) sounded unenthused about Obama’s trip, intimating Obama was resurfacing the birther issue and paying more attention to his “travel plans” than the Middle East.

“He’s going to take advantage of the last two years and go to all the places he wants to go to,” Sununu said.

But then he added: “His trip back to Kenya is going to create a lot of chatter and commentary amongst the hard right, who still don’t see him as having been born in the U.S. He’s just inciting some chatter on an issue that should have been dead a long time ago.”

“The most important thing is are what your priorities are,” McCallum added, “in terms of where the hotspots are in the world and what really needs to be addressed, and whether or not Kenya is on that list.”

“I think the hot spot today are these negotiations in Iran and the battle in Yemen and Syria,” Sununu said. “I hope the president is paying attention there and doing more focus on that than making travel plans.”

Watch the clip below, via Fox News:

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