birtherism

[burth-er-iz-uhm]

noun

1. a claim or belief that Barack Obama, or occasionally another US president or presidential candidate, was born overseas and thus is not eligible for the office; the beliefs of birthers.

Example Sentences

And in September, Brian Beutler wrote at the New Republic about Trump's attempt to disavow his role in pushing birtherism, and shift the blame to Hillary Clinton or her aides.

From Salon

He used birtherism to puff himself up as a potential presidential candidate in 2012, but never bothered with the details of birther conspiracy theories and never abandoned the “just asking questions” pose that allowed him to fool two different audiences simultaneously.

From Salon

As with birtherism his casual indifference to policy details, along with his made-up fantasy narratives, makes the gaslighting involved far more central.

From Salon

His history of racism includes his refusal to rent apartments to nonwhites, his birtherism against Barack Obama, private meetings with antisemites and avowed white supremacists, creation of a concentration camp system for nonwhite migrants as part of his regime’s family separation policy, suggestion that the Nazis, white supremacists and assorted racist thugs who rampaged in Charlottesville in 2017 are “very fine people” and racially disparate impact of his public policies on Black and brown communities.

From Salon

And who can forget the racist birtherism conspiracy that dogged Barack Obama for years, until Trump finally admitted he had been wrong?

From Slate