speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 11, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Romney jokes about his birth certificate; Obama campaign accuses him of embracing ‘birtherism’
By Philip Rucker and Felicia Sonmez, Published: August 24
COMMERCE, Mich. — Whether he meant to or not, Mitt Romney on Friday injected the toxic issue of birtherism into an already bitter presidential race at an unhelpful time for the presumptive Republican nominee.
Noting that he and his wife, Ann, were born in Michigan hospitals, Romney said at a rally here: “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place where both of us were born and raised.”
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