Michael Moore: Trump's birtherism 'ignited the fire of hate we have to put out'

Filmmaker Michael Moore expressed alarm on Friday regarding how close Donald Trump is to a potential presidential victory, Mediaite reported.

"This is the man now tied or leading in the polls," Moore posted on Twitter, linking to a 2013 tweet from the GOP presidential nominee suggesting that President Barack Obama had someone killed over his birth certificate:

Moore also spread a similar sentiment from comedian Patton Oswalt, and noted Trump's public involvement in the "Central Park Five" case, in which five young black men were wrongfully convicted for raping a white woman in New York City.

According to Moore, "nothing short of a 50-state sweep" by Democrat Hillary Clinton this November would "make up" for Trump's anti-minority rhetoric.