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Did Clinton start the birther controversy? No. Did she abet it? Of course

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Did Clinton start the birther controversy? No. Did she abet it? Of course

Sep 22, 2016
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Did Clinton start the birther controversy? No. Did she abet it? Of course

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We have no evidence that Hillary Clinton supported using birtherism to attack Obama in 2008. There is reason to believe that Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal did, and of course a volunteer county coordinator in Iowa is known to have spread rumors that Obama was a Muslim – but we have no way of tying this to any kind of formal or deliberate effort from the…

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