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Bloggers stated on August 11, 2010 in liberal blogs:

Republican candidate for Georgia governor "dabbled" in birther conspiracy theories.

By Willoughby Mariano• August 20, 2010

Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in in a speech:

"I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born.

By Louis Jacobson• September 16, 2016

Orly Taitz stated on August 02, 2009 in an attachment to a lawsuit:

Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate.

By Robert Farley• August 21, 2009

Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech:

"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy."

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu• September 16, 2016

Reince Priebus stated on August 29, 2016 in 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."

By Allison Graves• August 29, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2015 in a tweet:

"The birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton in 2008. She was all in!"

By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2015

Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate:

Says top Clinton advisers "were pressing" birther movement stories "very hard."

By Jon Greenberg• September 27, 2016

Loren Collins stated on March 04, 2011 in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

A bill before the Georgia General Assembly would make presidential candidates meet citizenship requirements that are not in the U.S. Constitution.

By Willoughby Mariano• March 9, 2011

Tennessee Democratic Party stated on August 28, 2012 in in a press release.:

Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit."

By Richard Locker• September 2, 2012

Leo Berman stated on April 27, 2011 in a Texas Tribune article:

Says the hospital listed on Barack Obama’s just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke• April 27, 2011

Georgia Democrats stated on December 21, 2011 in an online fundraising bid:

"Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgia’s Presidential Ballot in 2012."

By Willoughby Mariano• January 17, 2012

Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail.:

When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen.

By Alex Holt• July 30, 2010

Leo Berman stated on February 14, 2011 in a news article:

Says the Hawaii governor "can’t find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2011

Kenneth McKay stated on February 27, 2011 in a TV interview:

Says Sheldon Whitehouse said on Senate floor: "Everybody in Rhode Island who disagrees with me about Obamacare is an Aryan, is a white supremacist."

By Peter Lord• March 6, 2011

Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in comments at a speech:

On whether Barack Obama was born in the United States.

By Aaron Sharockman• September 16, 2016

Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in 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.

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2011

WorldNetDaily stated on June 17, 2009 in an advertisement:

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet.

By Robert Farley• July 28, 2009

Terry McAuliffe stated on May 26, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.:

"China now owns $1.1 trillion of our debt, our trade deficit last year with them was a quarter of a trillion dollars."

By Wes Hester• May 3, 2011

Chain email stated on August 03, 2010 in referring to a YouTube video:

"Obama admits he is not a citizen."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 5, 2010

Chain email stated on April 01, 2012 in 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.

By Louis Jacobson• June 7, 2012

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