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MsMAC

(91 posts)
1. Not started by Clinton!
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 11:00 AM
Sep 2016

John Avlon, editor-in-chief of the Daily Beast, explored the roots of the birther movement in his book Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America. Avlon described a posting on the PUMA website with the heading "Obama May Be Illegal to Be Elected President!" He wrote that a Clinton volunteer in Texas, Linda Starr, played a key role in spreading the rumor.

Starr connected with Pennsylvania attorney Philip Berg in August and Berg followed up by suing in federal court to block Obama’s nomination. The suit was thrown out repeatedly on the grounds that Berg lacked standing and the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately refused to hear his appeal.

There is no record that Clinton herself or anyone within her campaign ever advanced the charge that Obama was not born in the United States. A review by our fellow fact-checkers at Factcheck.org reported that no journalist who investigated this ever found a connection to anyone in the Clinton organization.

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Not started by Clinton! MsMAC Sep 2016 #1
I think we all know that. Stinky The Clown Sep 2016 #2
Of course it wasn't started by Clinton, but... CincyDem Sep 2016 #4
If he had ended it, we wouldn't be talking about it now... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #3
Wasn't it finished by 2011-2012? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2016 #7
No, it wasn't... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #8
That breitbart guy knows how to play this game. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2016 #5
I'm sure the media will correct him Johonny Sep 2016 #6
He thinks we're all stupid. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #9
He didn't start it B2G Sep 2016 #10
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