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Aug 27, 2008 · Published Aug. 27, 2008. Image Via Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock, Inc. Claim: Barack Obama's birth certificate is a forgery. Rating: False. About this rating. In April 2011, President Barack Obama ...
Jun 27, 2008 · Claims about Obama's birth continued to circulate, so a year later, on July 1, 2009, we published "Obama's birth certificate: Final chapter. This time we mean it! " It explored whether a White ...
- The Claim: Image of Barack Obama's Birth Certificate Shows He Was Born in Kenya
- Obama's Real Birth Certificate
- 'Birther' Conspiracy Theory Questions Obama's Eligibility
- Our Rating: False
- Our Fact-Check Sources
Fake images of former President Barack Obama's birth certificate have been circulating on social media for years, and one is again circulating widely. A Facebook user shared an image on Sept. 22of what purports to show Obama's birth certificate. The birth certificate has the words "Coast Province General Hospital" and "Mombasa, British Protectorate...
The birth certificate the Facebook user shared claiming Obama was born in Kenya was the same onetweeted by Malik Obama, the president's half brother in 2017with the caption, "Surely. What's this?" According to Yahoo News, Malik has a strained relationship with his half brother and also backed now-former President Donald Trump, one of the biggest vo...
Claims about Obama's place of birth began in 2004 as he became more prominent on the national stage, according to Politico.Political opponents tried to circulate falsehoods about Obama's heritage and religion. When Obama ran for president in 2008, the "birther" conspiracy theorists questioned whether he was eligible to serve. Some Hillary Clinton s...
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim an image of Obama's birth certificate shows he was born in Kenya. Obama's real birth certificate shows that he was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961.
Politico, April 22, 2011, Birtherism: Where it all beganPolitico, Sept. 16, 2016, No, Clinton didn't start the birther thing. This guy didNew York Times, Oct. 12, 2008, The Man Behind the Whispers About ObamaFactCheck.org, Aug. 21, 2008,Born in the U.S.A.- 41 sec
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Feb 11, 2024 · Donald Trump, then an entertainer and real estate mogul, was a guest on "The View" on a March 23, 2011 episode. During his appearance, he fueled the birther conspiracy by asking why Barack Obama hadn't shown his birth certificate. This question ignored the fact that the then-president had already released the short form.
Jul 2, 2015 · April 27, 2011. President Barack Obama released the long-form version of his birth certificate today, yet another piece of concrete evidence that shows he was born in the United States. The White ...
Dec 14, 2021 · Here is what’s going on. In June 2008, the Obama campaign responded to rumors about his citizenship and released a copy of his "Certification of Birth" from Hawaii, posting the document online ...
May 3, 2011 · President Barack Obama released the long-form version of his birth certificate, yet another piece of concrete evidence that shows he was born in the United States. The White House said he received a special exemption from the Hawaii Department of Health, which keeps the long-form documents confidential. The pdf version of the document can be […]
