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Birtherism
Birtherism meaning
A movement in the United States of America that doubts or denies that the 44th President, Barack Obama, is a natural-born U.S. citizen, thus implying that he is ineligible to be President.
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Trump was the champion of birtherism, the racist lie that President Obama was not qualified to be president because he was born in Kenya when he was actually born in Hawaii, a US state.
What he said about Harris this week just reminded me almost exactly of his old birtherism attacks on Obama.
But, instead of launching counter attacks against this Republican racism – showing outrage at the notion of “Birtherism” – the American Democratic Party does absolutely nothing.
Even so, as with Trump’s birtherism before the last election ( he was on this filthy bandwagon for years ), we have to take him at his last statement on the matter.
When helping Trump spread the birtherism lie about Barack Obama, he could hardly restrain himself: "That is what it feels like to lose control of your mind—you actually give up your common sense, sense of decency, sensitivity, even your grip on reality….
Do you remember Birtherism?
Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued Tuesday night that there was nothing racist about Donald Trump Jr.’s recent tweet about Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a birtherism-style parsing of the California lawmaker and 2020 candidate’s ethnic background.
Why he says that the news media is wrong to claim that he ever believed in “Birtherism,” or that he is racist.