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(Virginia) Republican Senate contender Corey Stewart revives Obama 'birther' claim
Source: The Guardian
Republican Senate contender Corey Stewart revives Obama 'birther' claim
• Stewart tweets Democrats ‘forged’ president’s birth certificate
• Self-styled ‘conservative Republican’ set to challenge Tim Kaine next year
Jamiles Lartey
Saturday 9 December 2017 21.07 GMT
A Republican candidate to challenge former vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine for a Senate seat in Virginia has suggested Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery, in a tweet that paired the debunked conspiracy theory with the controversial Alabama Senate race.
Corey Stewart was Virginia state chairman for Donald Trump in 2016, then ran Ed Gillespie close for the Republican nomination in this year’s Virginia gubernatorial election.
On Friday night, he tweeted: “@TheDemocrats got cocky forging @BarackObama birth certificate. Thought they could slip phony #AllredYearbookFraud by on @MooreSenate. Sad!!”
Stewart’s reference to the “AllredYearbookFraud” was a response to reports on Friday that one of the women who has accused GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct when she was a teenager added text to what she says is Moore’s signature in her high-school yearbook.
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• Stewart tweets Democrats ‘forged’ president’s birth certificate
• Self-styled ‘conservative Republican’ set to challenge Tim Kaine next year
Jamiles Lartey
Saturday 9 December 2017 21.07 GMT
A Republican candidate to challenge former vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine for a Senate seat in Virginia has suggested Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery, in a tweet that paired the debunked conspiracy theory with the controversial Alabama Senate race.
Corey Stewart was Virginia state chairman for Donald Trump in 2016, then ran Ed Gillespie close for the Republican nomination in this year’s Virginia gubernatorial election.
On Friday night, he tweeted: “@TheDemocrats got cocky forging @BarackObama birth certificate. Thought they could slip phony #AllredYearbookFraud by on @MooreSenate. Sad!!”
Stewart’s reference to the “AllredYearbookFraud” was a response to reports on Friday that one of the women who has accused GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct when she was a teenager added text to what she says is Moore’s signature in her high-school yearbook.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/09/republican-senate-contender-corey-stewart-revives
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