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Trump was 'beside himself with fury' after Obama roasted him at the 2011 White House Correspondents' dinner: book
Obama famously skewered Trump in 2011 over his aggressive promotion of the racist "birther" conspir…
Eliza Relman,Sonam Sheth
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Trump refuses to shoot down false birther claims about Kamala Harris, but says he won't pursue the conspiracy theory
"I just don't know about it, but it's not something that we will be pursuing," Trump said, referrin…
Michelle Mark
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Trump is promoting a racist 'birther' lie that Kamala Harris isn't eligible to be vice president because of her immigrant parents
Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, was born in Oakland, California and is indisputably …
Eliza Relman
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Obama zings 'birtherism' antics he faced as president while stumping for Wisconsin Democratic Senate nominee Mandela Barnes: 'Get ready to dig up that birth certificate'
"Remember when that was the craziest thing that people said?" Obama said of the birther claims. "No…
John L. Dorman
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Obama says Trump used his 'birther' lie to give millions of white Americans 'spooked' by a Black president an 'elixir for their racial anxiety'
"For millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House, he promised an elixir for the…
Eliza Relman
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Biden was afraid Trump would use Obama-esque birther attacks if he made Tammy Duckworth his VP: book
Duckworth reportedly pushed back hard on Biden's concerns that Trump would raise questions about he…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Sen. Kamala Harris says she's ready for the 'lies' and 'deception' in Trump campaign attacks as election season ramps up
Last week, Trump falsely claimed Harris might not be eligible to run for vice president in referenc…
Inyoung Choi
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A lawyer who pushed a 'birther' conspiracy about Kamala Harris has joined Trump's election fight
President Donald Trump praised John Eastman as a "very highly qualified, very talented lawyer" afte…
Oma Seddiq
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Trump official who fueled racist 'birther' conspiracy theory against Obama is now managing nuclear weapons treaties
"While he was senator, before he ran for president, they invested over $1 million in legal fees," W…
David Choi
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Jared Kushner defends Trump against racism allegations but dodges questions on Trump's promotion of the birther conspiracy
High-profile Democratic Party members, including Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar and K…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Bernie Sanders' spokeswoman claims Michael Bloomberg has had heart attacks in the past and compared questions about Sanders' health to birtherism
Bloomberg's campaign released a letter from his doctor in December describing his health as "outsta…
Eliza Relman
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Trump reveals why he dropped the birther issue
At a press conference on Friday, Trump reversed his long-standing position on the birthe…
Chris Sanchez
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Trump's new primary challenger Joe Walsh says he 'regrets' calling Obama a Muslim and promoting the racist 'birther' conspiracy theory
"I helped create Trump, and that's not an easy thing to say," Walsh acknowledged, saying of his tim…
Grace Panetta
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'I wasn't involved': Jared Kushner won't say whether Trump's 'birtherism' claims against Obama were racist
The senior White House adviser, who's also the president's son-in-law, did not answer the question …
John Haltiwanger
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In passionate rebuke, Michelle Obama rips Trump for years of birtherism
"Then, of course, there were those who questioned, and who continue to question for the past eight …
Maxwell Tani
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CNN's Wolf Blitzer grills Mike Pence on Trump's birtherism
"It's not what the American people are talking about," Pence replied. "I mean I can honestly tell y…
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Here's Why Ted Cruz 'Birtherism' Is Nothing Like Obama 'Birtherism'
"Given the raft of stories today about my birth certificate, it must be a slow news day. The facts …
Brett LoGiurato
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2 of Donald Trump's closest allies are splitting with him on the birther issue
"Well I believe Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. I accept his birthplace," Pence told reporters dur…
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Donald Trump Jr. shared a racist tweet about Kamala Harris and then deleted it after it went viral, fanning the flames of a new 'birther' conspiracy
"Don's tweet was simply him asking if it was true that Kamala Harris was half-Indian because it's n…
Eliza Relman
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Donald Trump is a Ted Cruz birther
"He was born in Canada. If you know and when we all studied our history lessons, you are supposed t…