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Birtherism

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Birtherism refers to the movement that started in the United States which claimed that President Barack Obama is not a natural born United States citizen, and therefore not eligible to be President of the United States.

Even though Barack Obama provided evidence of his birth certificate that he was born in Hawaii, people still haven’t backed off of their claim that he is not a legal United States citizen. President Donald Trump was a major proponent of this theory, which is still brought up by some of his major supporters today. Also, just as people believe Obama isn’t a citizen, they also claim that he’s also not a Protestant Christian but really a Muslim, which created further controversy.