Did The Birther Conspiracy Begin With The Hillary Clinton Campaign?

Two Republican presidential candidates, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, claim that the “birther” movement originated with the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2008. While some of her supporters pushed the rumors, there has never been evidence that Clinton or her campaign started the birther rumors. Ben Smith, editor in chief of BuzzFeed, said that there has never been evidence that Clinton or her campaign started the birther rumors. Trump then distorted the chain of events by claiming Clinton “was all in” on the birther movement. Most of the talk started after Clinton suspended her presidential campaign.

CNN examined the lack of evidence to Donald Trump’s claim that Hillary Clinton started the “birther” movement against Barack Obama in 2008. FactCheck.org found that some of Clinton’s biggest supporters advocated the birther theory, but there is no evidence that she started the racially based rumor.

Trump finally conceded the simple truth: “President Barack Obama was born”. After more than five years of touting “birther” conspiracy theories, Trump admitted that President Obama was born in the United States. However, fact-checking websites have debunked this claim as false.

In conclusion, the “birther” movement has been a contentious issue for over five years, with both Republican candidates claiming that it originated with Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign.