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It's very odd (but not surprising) that they have resurrected this. Trump never brought this up. He hasn't used it as a campaign point. They are now bringing up old controversies because Trump is doing better in the polls. A Trump supporter on one of the panels asked why this was being brought up again, and Van Jones stated it's because Trump is trying to court black voters. In fact, that seems to be the line of choice from the Democrats on the panels. They say that he is trying to court black voters, but that is something that was offensive to black voters because it was seen as a racist way to undermine our first black President.

First of all, this was started by Hillary's supporters. Were they racist? I thought all the racists had joined the Republican Party. That's what liberals say.

Second of all, I don't believe Trump would have questioned the birth certificate of someone like Corey Booker, Tim Scott, etc. The reason Obama's birth certificate was questioned by Trump and others is because of rumors out there (started by Hillary supporters) of Obama having been born in Kenya. He had a unique background with his father being from Africa and then moving to Africa with his mother and stepfather. As far as his mother:

In 2008, Jim Geraghty from the National Review Online suggested Barack Obama release his birth certificate to "debunk some rumors." In his article Geraghty wrote, "one could argue that he would not meet the legal definition of natural-born citizen under because U.S. law at the time of his birth required his natural-born parent (his mother) to have resided in the United States for “ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16.” Obama's mother was 18 when he was born which means she did not meet this requirement.

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Plus there were questions as according to the Gateway Pundit, an article about him running for Senator said he was Kenyan born. Also, there was the dispute over his grandmother saying she was in the delivery room, which, according to the interview on Politifact, she corrected and explained that he was born in Hawaii. Jerome Corsi, however, maintains she was pressured.

It was a mess, and then with him not releasing it, it led to more questions. If people doubted my birth, I would produce my birth certificate right away.

For the record, I'm not saying I am/was a birther, but I am just saying there were reasons that people thought that.

Third, they say that Trump is trying to get the black vote, and this issue is hurting him with the black vote. The people arguing this are all Democrats! Why in the world would they be concerned about this or want Trump to apologize if they thought it would help Trump with the black vote? My thoughts are that the majority of black voters aren't thinking about that issue anymore as they are more concerned with their futures, but I believe the media/Dems brought it up under the guise of "concern" in order to siphon black votes away from Trump or encourage black voters to vote Democrat.

In his article Geraghty wrote, "one could argue that he would not meet the legal definition of natural-born citizen under because U.S. law at the time of his birth required his natural-born parent (his mother) to have resided in the United States for “ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16.” Obama's mother was 18 when he was born which means she did not meet this requirement.

That could have affected his citizenship if he were born abroad. If he were born here that wouldn't have made him not a citizen, though I suppose it's possible it could have affected his natural born status -- depending on how you want to interpret that.

If people doubted my birth, I would produce my birth certificate right away.

Politicians don't like to give up any information they don't have to. Especially not in the current political climate, and especially not if the politician is as much a product of the current political climate as Obama is. You can see that with health and tax records in the current campaign. If we somehow got to know Bush's or Kerry's or McCain's college grades, for example, that doesn't mean other politicians are going to release their own grades if they can get away with it.