where is the proof of this statement.
I just want to hear or see some proof that some staffer or connection said this.
I don't keep a file of links. Perhaps someone will be along soon to provide one. That said, there was extended discussion and investigation back in the 2008-20012 period about the origins and evolution of birtherism. Democrats were endlessly trying to paint it as a right wing conspiracy, which overlooked the fact that birtherism surfaced as a national issue during the runup to the 2008 Democratic primary season. That, at least, is when I became aware of it. Obama was not prominent enough for anyone to have paid much attention before then, and until he ran for president, it wouldn't have mattered anyhow. So it was natural that it emerged when it did.
I actually mis-stated the years in my earlier post; it was the winter of 2007-08, not 2008-09, when the Kenyan connections started circulating online. This happened at precisely the point at which Obama emerged as a threat to HRC. The bread crumbs eventually led back to HRC operatives. But I can't give you a link.