Obama Birth Certificate

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 a Facebook post
“The media is showing how Obama’s birth certificate was changed! He was never born in the U.S. so he was never a real president!”
Pants on Fire!
February 21, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 5, 2025 a Threads post
Image shows former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.
Pants on Fire!
January 13, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 9, 2022 a Facebook post
“Barack Obama’s real father is Communist Party propagandist Frank Marshall Davis.”
Pants on Fire!
January 10, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 14, 2021 a blog post
“Obama certificate a fake.”
Pants on Fire!
December 20, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 20, 2012 a Facebook post
"Obama’s lawyers officially admit birth certificate is fake."
Pants on Fire!
January 28, 2020
Jacob Wohl
Jacob Wohl
stated on January 22, 2019 a tweet
"Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2019
SupremeInsider.com
SupremeInsider.com
stated on July 22, 2018 a blog post
"Barack Obama: I'm 'the First Sitting American President to Come From Kenya.'"
Mostly False
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate
Says top Clinton advisers "were pressing" birther movement stories "very hard."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech
"I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2016 a speech
"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy."
False
By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu • September 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2016 comments at a speech
On whether Barack Obama was born in the United States.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
"Her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • August 29, 2016
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2013 multiple posts
Barack Obama’s Columbia University ID says he was a foreign student and went by "Barry Soetoro."
Pants on Fire!
By Clayton Youngman • December 9, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2015 a tweet
"The birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton in 2008. She was all in!"  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2015
Town hall audience member
Town hall audience member
stated on September 17, 2015 a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.
"You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American."  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 18, 2015
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on August 28, 2012 in a press release.
Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit."
True
By Richard Locker • September 2, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 1, 2012 e-mail messages circulating on the Internet
Says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie made a late-night visit to Kinko’s to forge President Barack Obama’s birth certificate two days before Obama unveiled it to the media.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 27, 2011 a press conference
Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2011
Leo Berman
Leo Berman
stated on April 27, 2011 a Texas Tribune article
Says the hospital listed on Barack Obama’s just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today" show
President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2011
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