How Many Lawmakers Were In Favor Of The Birther Conspiracy?

The birther rumor, also known as the birther movement, has been circulating among disgruntled Clinton supporters in the last months of her ill-fated presidency. A YouGov poll found that 34% of Americans think it’s “probably true” or “definitely true” that Obama was born in Kenya, as the birther myth often claimed. The birther movement refers to the long-running myth that Obama was not born in the United States and thus, under the Constitution, could not be president. There is absolutely no evidence that Clinton or her campaign were the source of the idea, though it did spread. Studies have found these birther conspiracy theories to be most firmly held by Republicans strong in both political knowledge and racial resentment.

Trump and his surrogates are being haunted by the ghost of comments past, specifically allegations the Republican party made. More than a decade after the false and infamous “birther” conspiracy theory was promulgated by his political opponents, including then-private citizen Donald Trump, Obama is hoping his “Certificate of Live Birth” computer printout version of his birth certificate will debunk the conspiracy. Celebrity developer Donald Trump has revived the theory that President Barack Obama was born overseas and helped expose the depth to which the notion has taken.

The conspiracy theories surrounding Obama’s birthplace and religion were much more than mere lies. Donald Trump’s birther days are finally over, and he has “heard” Democratic candidate Kamala Harris “doesn’t qualify” to serve as US vice-president, amplifying a fringe legal theory. Many Americans continued to believe that President Obama was born overseas in the summer of 2012.