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Birtherism

California attorney Orly Taitz, the president of the Defend Our Freedoms Foundation, stands on the steps of the Federal Courthouse in Columbus, Ga., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, with what she claims is a copy of a birth certificate for President Barak Obama from Mombass, British Protectorate of Kenya. Taitz represents U.S. Army Capt. Connie Rhodes in a civil complaint filed Friday questioning the country of Obama's birth and his eligibility to be president. PHOTO BY: Robin Trimarchi/Columbus (Ga) Ledger-Enquirer

'Birther queen' denied access to Obama college records

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Orly Taitz, the self-proclaimed 'queen of birthers', was denied access to President Barack Obama's college records by an Orange County judge...
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Donald Trump (C), and (L-R) children Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Trump SoHo)

Trump kids reportedly told dad to lay off Obama

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The Trump kids reportedly asked their father to scale back on his attacks against President Barack Obama...
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Donald Trump addresses the crowd at the South Florida Tea Party's third annual tax day rally held at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)

Trump calls Obama’s re-election a ‘total sham’

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theGRIO REPORT - Reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter last night about Obama's re-election...
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Journalist Barbara Walters attends the Carnegie Hall 2012-2013 Season opening night gala at Carnegie Hall on October 3, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Getty Images)

Barbara Walters tells Trump: 'You're making a fool of yourself'

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theGRIO REPORT - Barbara Walters is a longtime friend of business tycoon and reality star Donald Trump, but she is fed up with his 'birther' crusade against President Barack Obama...
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Donald Trump released a video Wednesday morning asking President Obama to release his college and passport records for a $5 million check to a charity of the President's choice. (trump YouTube)

Trump makes $5 mil offer to Obama

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - As promised, Donald Trump made his 'big announcement' this afternoon at 12 p.m...
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Former Wisconsin Governor and current Republican candidate for the state's U. S. Senate seat Tommy Thompson speaks to workers and guests before a tour of the Reed Switch Developments Corp. manufacturing facility on October 5, 2012 in Racine, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

GOP candidate says son sorry for Obama-Kenya remark

Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Republican Senate candidate Tommy Thompson's campaign says his son apologizes for suggesting voters in the fall election should send President Barack Obama back to Kenya...
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(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

'Birther' bash canceled due to 'inadequate ticket sales'

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Pat Boone and other prominent birthers were planning a major event this month in Arizona, but they've had to cancel it due to lack of interest...
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, waves to supporters on August 25, 2012 in Columbus Grove, Ohio. Romney and Vice Presidential running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) are campaigning together leading up to the Republican National Convention beginning August 27 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mitt on birther quip: 'A little humor'

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COMMERCE, Michigan (AP) - Mitt Romney was on the defensive after raising the discredited rumor that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States and therefore ineligible to be president...
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Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets supporters during a campaign stop at LeClair Manufacturing on August 22, 2012 in Bettendorf, Iowa. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images)

Mitt: No one's asked to 'see my birth certificate'

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney appeared to join those who question President Barack Obama's place of birth during a campaign stop in Commerce, Michigan today, telling the crowd, 'no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate'...
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 20: Arsenio Hall (L) and Donald Trump attend the 'Celebrity Apprentice' Live Finale at American Museum of Natural History on May 20, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Donald Trump on birtherism, employs the ‘black friend’ defense

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Donald Trump on Saturday employed a novel defense: he can't be racist, he just picked a black guy as the 'Celebrity Apprentice'...
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