birtherism

noun

birth·er·ism ˈbər-thər-ˌi-zəm

variants or less commonly Birtherism

: belief in or endorsement of any of various discredited claims that former U.S. president Barack Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen and therefore was not constitutionally eligible to be president of the United States

Examples of birtherism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Harris also mentioned Trump's role in spreading birtherism lies about former President Barack Obama. —

Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024 By 2011, Trump was already fueling birtherism, falsely implying President Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. —

Paola Ramos, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024 That birtherism really is what launched Donald Trump's political career in a lot of ways. —

Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024 Willfully complicating the name’s pronunciation or questioning its ethnic origins—as happened during Barack Obama’s presidency and Donald Trump’s ongoing obsession with the birtherism lie—is a calculated tactic rooted in blatant bigotry. —

Mekita Rivas, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for birtherism

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