Did Obama really say my Muslim faith in an interview with george stephanoplous on this week?

Answer 1

Yes and no. This is a very old question, from back in 2008. Then-candidate Obama was explaining that some of his Republican opponents were spreading rumors about him, saying he was a Muslim-- he is not and never was a Muslim. But in the interview, Obama was trying to praise John McCain (his opponent) for not joining in the false claims-- it is clear from the context, and from the video itself, that he was trying to debunk the rumor, and when he referred to "my Muslim faith," it was in the context of saying McCain doesn't ever make such an accusation, and doesn't believe the Muslim rumors. But Stephanopoulis seems to have misunderstood and thought Obama had made a gaffe. Obama's opponents jumped on it too, took a snippet of the interview out of context and used it to claim Obama "admitted" he was a Muslim. He did not. I enclose a link to the story and to the video, so you can see for yourself.