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Ackerman: Trump Put U.S. in His 'Reality Show'

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman faults citizens, media for kerfuffle over Obama birth certificate.

Posted by Ken Schachter, May 3, 2011 at 09:35 am

Residents had the chance to sit down with U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-Rosyln Heights, during a town hall-style meeting at in Port Washington on Wednesday.

There, Ackerman spoke candidly about the issue of President Barak Obama's birth certificate, Donald Trump's appearance on the political stage, setting the political agenda and pro-Democracy uprisings in the Middle East.

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