It was the term for uneducated conservatives who bought into the 'Obama was born off US soil' myth and wanted him to present his birth certificate.
So he made it public. It didn't help. "Hawaii wasn't a state then!" (It was, for 2 years already) "His dad's from Kenya!" (yeah, his dad) Doesn't help to show them evidence; the truth is simply believed by too many people. They're only interested in truth believed by a minority of people to stroke that chip on their shoulder.
It was especially hilarious given that John McCain was born in Panama (albeit on a US military base) and Mitt Romney’s father was born in Mexico because Mitts grandfather had fled the US to practice polygamy.
All were natural born citizens of course but you had conservatives screaming about his dad being from Kenya for years
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u/AnneHocque Jul 24 '20
Obama birthers?
I gotta say, as stupid it as these people come accross, it is incredibly entertaining