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SENATORIAL CANDIDATE FORMER CONGRESSMAN J.D, HAYWORTH DEMANDS THAT OBAMA UNSEAL HIS ORIGINAL VITAL RECORDS AND PUTS THE PRESSURE ON MCCAIN TO DO THE SAME OR LOSE HIS SENATE SEAT, LOSE HIS REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR SENATE
Posted on | February 17, 2010 |
HAYWORTH: OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE AN ‘IDENTITY THEFT’ ISSUE
Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who on Monday officially entered Arizona’s Republican race against Sen. John McCain, defended his recent call for President Barack Obama to produce his birth certificate, suggesting his questions stem not from conspiracy theories that Obama was really born in Kenya but from concerns about identity theft.
During a Monday evening interview on CNN (watch it here), Hayworth pointed to the case of fugitive Vietnam War protester Howard Mechanic, who in 2000 sought a seat on the Scottsdale City Council using the alias “Gary Tredway.” After he was exposed, Mechanic eventually received a pardon from President Bill Clinton.
“All I’m saying is, for every race across the country, especially with identity theft in the news, it would be great that people can confirm who they say they are,” Hayworth said.
“Identity theft? I mean, come on,” an incredulous CNN host Campbell Brown said, laughing. “Is that honestly what this is about?”
Brown pressed Hayworth as to whether he was “comfortable with the fact that (Obama is) an American citizen.” The Constitution requires that the president be a natural-born citizen, which is widely viewed as meaning he must be born in the United States. Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. During the presidential race, Obama’s campaign produced the Hawaii-issued short-form birth certificate, but fringe Obama critics, dubbed “birthers,” continue to demand to see his long-form birth certificate.
“Barack Obama is the president of the United States. He is our 44th president,” Hayworth told Brown. “I have no qualms about who he is, or who he says he is.”
But in a Jan. 26 interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” Hayworth said Obama “should come forward with the information, that’s all.”
“Well, gosh, we all had to bring our birth certificates to show we were who we said we were, and we were the age we said we were, to play football and youth sports,” Hayworth said. “Shouldn’t we know exactly that anyone who wants to run for public office is a natural-born citizen of the United States and is who they say they are?”
Posted on | February 17, 2010 |
HAYWORTH: OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE AN ‘IDENTITY THEFT’ ISSUE
Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who on Monday officially entered Arizona’s Republican race against Sen. John McCain, defended his recent call for President Barack Obama to produce his birth certificate, suggesting his questions stem not from conspiracy theories that Obama was really born in Kenya but from concerns about identity theft.
During a Monday evening interview on CNN (watch it here), Hayworth pointed to the case of fugitive Vietnam War protester Howard Mechanic, who in 2000 sought a seat on the Scottsdale City Council using the alias “Gary Tredway.” After he was exposed, Mechanic eventually received a pardon from President Bill Clinton.
“All I’m saying is, for every race across the country, especially with identity theft in the news, it would be great that people can confirm who they say they are,” Hayworth said.
“Identity theft? I mean, come on,” an incredulous CNN host Campbell Brown said, laughing. “Is that honestly what this is about?”
Brown pressed Hayworth as to whether he was “comfortable with the fact that (Obama is) an American citizen.” The Constitution requires that the president be a natural-born citizen, which is widely viewed as meaning he must be born in the United States. Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. During the presidential race, Obama’s campaign produced the Hawaii-issued short-form birth certificate, but fringe Obama critics, dubbed “birthers,” continue to demand to see his long-form birth certificate.
“Barack Obama is the president of the United States. He is our 44th president,” Hayworth told Brown. “I have no qualms about who he is, or who he says he is.”
But in a Jan. 26 interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” Hayworth said Obama “should come forward with the information, that’s all.”
“Well, gosh, we all had to bring our birth certificates to show we were who we said we were, and we were the age we said we were, to play football and youth sports,” Hayworth said. “Shouldn’t we know exactly that anyone who wants to run for public office is a natural-born citizen of the United States and is who they say they are?”