Birther Movement Quotes
A number of Conservatives have made and spread the false accusation that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, The purpose was to undermine the legitimacy of his Presidency as Presidents must be born in the U. S. according to the Constitution. With enough money behind them the rumor mongers were actually able to persuade a large part of the American population about something that was totally untrue, Obama was not only born in Hawaii but the newspapers there carried announcements of his birth to further support his birth certificates and statements of his family. It was a time when the media would carry a story regardless of how ridiculous or how little evidence existed. Many people believed that “where there is smoke, there is fire.’
While the existence of many racists who tried to delegitimize our first Black President is clear, the good news is that they were a minority of Americans and despite the lies and slanders, the majority of American chose Obama—a Black man—as their resident, not once but twice.
