Birthers challenge President Obama in Arizona, vote on birth certificate law
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Birthers want proof that President Obama was born in the United States.
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View all » Birthers challenge President Obama in Arizona, vote on birth certificate law
Birthers in Arizona have demanded that President Obama produce a birth certificate, and Arizona House Republicans are crafting legislature to ensure that President Obama produces the document, or at least future presidential candidates will have to prove their citzenship. They aren’t the only ones either. Five additional states are working on similar legislative bills.
In Arizona, legislature was passed that requires presidential candidates to show birth certificates before their names are added to the ballot. Birthers have loudly stated their belief that President Obama is not a U.S. citizen and doesn’t possess a legal birth certificate. President Obama’s birth certificate is from Hawaii: a state that went digital, transferring all of their birth certificates into digital copy.
President Obama’s birth certificate has a stamp issued from the Hawaii State Registrar as well as a raised seal on the back, however, many Birthers believe that the document has been falsified. Many people believe that President Obama was born in Kenya, and is in fact African and not American.
Republican Congressman Cecil Ash from Arizona spoke with CNN’s Anderson Cooper and discussed his vote approving the bill. Anderson asked why he voted for the bill and if he believed that President Obama is not a U.S. Citizen.
He answered, “I think there's been a lot of controversy over the issue. It's created a division among a lot of people in the United States. And for better or worse many people don't believe he is a U.S. citizen, they believe he has loyalties -- a divided loyalties, I suppose you could say.”
Anderson Cooper interjected, “Right, but those people are wrong, I mean, he is a U.S. citizen,” to which Cecil Ash replied, “Well, you're telling me that he's wrong. I've never investigated that. If he is, then he has nothing to fear.”
Cecil Ash then stated, “The reason I spoke up on this bill is simply because there is a lot of division in the country and I believe this would put an end to any future controversy about a president's qualifications.”
Some feel that the bill could be challenged on the grounds that it is a state trying to usurp its authority upon the federal branch. |
