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Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
Debunked conspiracy theories
"Birtherism" redirects here. For similar challenges against other people, see Natural-born-citizen clause (United States) § Eligibility challenges.
During Barack Obama's campaign for president in 2008, throughout his presidency and afterwards, there was extensive news coverage of Obama's religious preference, birthplace, and of the individuals questioning his religious belief and citizenship – efforts eventually known as the "birther movement",[1] or birtherism,[2] names by which it is widely referred to across media.[3] The movement falsely asserted Obama was ineligible to be President of the United States because he was not a natural-born citizen of the United States as required by Article Two of the Constitution. Studies have found these birther conspiracy theories to be most firmly held by Republicans strong in both political knowledge and racial resentment.[4][5]
Theories alleged that Obama's published birth certificate was a forgery – that his actual birthplace was not Hawaii but Kenya. Other theories alleged that Obama became a citizen of Indonesia in childhood, thereby losing his U.S. citizenship. Sti
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The birth of the Obama 'birther' conspiracy
On 27 April, 2011, the Obama White House released his original "long-form" birth certificate, external.
In a press release on Thursday night and on stage in Washington, DC, on Friday morning, this is the moment Mr Trump pointed to as the "great service" he performed in laying to rest questions about Mr Obama's birthplace.
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In 2012 he tweeted, external that he had an "extremely credible source" who told him the birth certificate was a fraud.
In 2013 he raised, external suspicion about the death of a Hawaiian health official who verified copies of Mr Obama's "birth certificate".
In 2014 he asked, external hackers to access Mr Obama's college records and check his "place of birth".
As recently as this month, Mr Trump did not back away from his past support of the "birther" cause.
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Q&A: Obama's outset certificate
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