More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer grilled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the upcoming meeting between President Obama and President-Elect Donald Trump, fretting over the “long and bitter history” between the two men.
Lauer put the onus on Trump to repair the relationship: “How about this as olive branch? Donald Trump has been one of the major purveyors of the birther movement, set to de-legitimize Obama’s presidency. Might Donald Trump apologize to the President today at the White House? Would you like to see that?”