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And Like Clockwork, Birtherism Is Back as Rightwing MAGA Bro Questions Kamala Harris's Eligibility to Run for President
22 January 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks to reporters after announcing her candidacy for President of the United States, at Howard University, her alma mater, on January 21, 2019 in Washington, DC. Harris is the first African-American woman to announce a run for the White House in 2020. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
Senator Kamala Harris, the junior senator from California, announced on January 21st that she will be running for president in the 2020 election.
I'm running for president. Let's do this together. Join us: https://t.co/9KwgFlgZHA https://t.co/otf2ez7t1p— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris)1548074103.0
<p>Show of hands: who expects the <a href="https://thesocialedgen.wpengine.com/news/politics/michelle-obama-lays-it-down-on-trump/">birther debate</a> to begin?</p><p>Well, it took right-wing extremist <a href="https://thesocialedgen.wpengine.com/news/jacob-wohl-martin-luther-king/">Jacob Wohl</a> not even 24 hours to go full birther on Harris.</p><p><div id="insticator-container" class="embedid-ee1b1245-7f34-4d5c-8a70-c8be74fe7696"><div id="div-insticator-ad-1"></div><div id="insticator-embed"></div><div id="div-insticator-ad-2"></div><script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript">Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-1");Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-2");Insticator.load("em",{id : "ee1b1245-7f34-4d5c-8a70-c8be74fe7696"})</script></div></p><p></p><p>Senator Harris was born in Oakland, California, and, while she lived in Québec after her parents' divorce, is a U.S. citizen. She is unquestionably eligible to run for president — not that "facts" matter to far-right conspiracy theorists like Wohl.</p><p></p><p>Twitter was quick to set the record straight, using actual law and actual sense to point out that Senator Harris meets all the requirements of a presidential nominee.</p><p></p><p></p><div id="8941b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5IBMQ51574874870"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1087795194026754049" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JacobAWohl Being raised in the US is not a Constitutional requirement to be president. She was born in California.… https://t.co/LUUjgN0Xfe</div> — Nando (@Nando)<a href="https://twitter.com/NandoAtHome/statuses/1087795194026754049">1548185559.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="7d5db" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="LCQBZD1574874870"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1087751145643220997" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JacobAWohl Hey dumbass, that's not how it works. She was born in the U.S., thus she is a citizen, thus she is elig… https://t.co/n4AdAsiUiL</div> — Tim Wise (@Tim Wise)<a href="https://twitter.com/timjacobwise/statuses/1087751145643220997">1548175057.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="fd5f5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6178791574874870"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1087754234307710979" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JacobAWohl That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. She was BORN in Oakland, California. Birth… https://t.co/lc0ekJUDtt</div> — Randi Rhodes (@Randi Rhodes)<a href="https://twitter.com/RandiRhodes/statuses/1087754234307710979">1548175793.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="d4b7f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="IFLMR11574874870"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1087787553405624320" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JacobAWohl Mr. Clip-on Tie citizenship is not dependent on where you attended high school. https://t.co/UmI54N4eEZ</div> — Learn to Think (@Learn to Think)<a href="https://twitter.com/_eternalskeptic/statuses/1087787553405624320">1548183737.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><a href="https://thesocialedgen.wpengine.com/news/senator-harris-tweets-back-trump/">Senator Harris</a> is <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/politics/kamala-harris-president-2020/index.html">the first African-American woman to run for president</a>. Could it be that, perhaps, Wohl and his birther cronies are less concerned about Senator Harris' pedigree than they are about the color of her skin?</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p></p><div id="5d870" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="LWLXY41574874870"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1087747615511310336" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JacobAWohl I'm shocked—SHOCKED!—that a Black American politician running for President is getting the birther trea… https://t.co/0LXcRbSthA</div> — Pé Resists (@Pé Resists)<a href="https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/statuses/1087747615511310336">1548174215.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="8fb58" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4FKA2V1574874870"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1087739088411648002" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@NYCars1 @JacobAWohl https://t.co/GXYfwHHSSt</div> — Patrick Lewis (@Patrick Lewis)<a href="https://twitter.com/pjrocks/statuses/1087739088411648002">1548172182.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="58fd5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="785ERL1574874871"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1087752684478844929" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JacobAWohl jesus, just say you don't like brown people already</div> — Matt Gabriele (@Matt Gabriele)<a href="https://twitter.com/prof_gabriele/statuses/1087752684478844929">1548175424.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Senator Harris announced that she would run for president on Martin Luther King Day, pledging to uphold the rights Dr. King fought so hard for. "The future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our American values," she said in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7OSwHMoBc">Kamala Harris: For the People</a>. "Let's claim our future."</p>
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