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- noun slang, often pejorative A movement in the United States that doubts or denies that President Barack Obama is a natural-born U.S. citizen, thus implying that he is ineligible to be President.
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Examples
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In a letter sent to Taitz and all House Republicans, he called birtherism "ridiculous," "gobbledygook," and a "folly."
All Stories 2011
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Palin’s birtherism is enough to demonstrate that lunatic birtherism is now part of the mainstream of the GOP.
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Broun’s apparent endorsement of birtherism is far from his only radical tendency.
Think Progress » Paul Broun goes birther: ‘I don’t know’ if Obama is an American citizen. 2010
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I’m glad you agree that birtherism is a form of lunacy.
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Gregory challenges Cantor to call birtherism "what it is: crazy talk."
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011
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Gregory challenges Cantor to call birtherism "what it is: crazy talk."
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011
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* And yet Karl Rove and Bill O'Reilly have convinced themselves that the mainstream media and the White House are the ones conspiring to elevate "birtherism" to demonize the GOP.
Happy Hour Roundup Greg Sargent 2011
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It's not fair to compare the two issues directly -- "birtherism" had hardly been the career poison that "trutherism" was, and is -- but it's a strong argument for Republicans who hate to think of themselves in the same space as McKinney.
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Proof that "birtherism," while often compared to conspiracy theories about the origins of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is nowhere near as politically toxic in the conservative base.
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Combine this with the effort by South Carolina Republicans to tar the state's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Vincent Sheheen with now-infamous accidental candidate Alvin Greene and I think you're seeing conservatives get revenge for a year of being painted as allies of "birtherism" and conspiracies about the president.
Embracing the crazy 2010
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“Birtherism” was a conspiracy theory that Trump started pushing in 2011 (“He doesn’t have a birth certificate. He may have one but there is something on that birth certificate – maybe religion, maybe it says he’s a Muslim, I don’t know.”) .
'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama David Smith 2020
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"Some conspiracies, like chemtrails, percolate in the background of certain communities, never really penetrating the larger public. Others have big impacts. The Barack Obama birtherism conspiracy is one of the latter."
January 30, 2023