How to Use birtherism in a Sentence

birtherism

noun

• In the Obama years, Roger Ailes wouldn’t let the stars talk about birtherism.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 June 2021
• One hoax after another has emerged, each more bizarre than the last: birtherism.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2021
• Others agreed birtherism was racist and even dangerous.
  — NBC News, 16 Jan. 2021
• This movement became known as birtherism, and Mr. Trump was among its proponents.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2022
• The case of birtherism shows that debunking a lie, unless handled very carefully, doesn't work.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 2 May 2021
• When asked this week if Boston would do the same, acting Mayor Kim Janey said the city is focusing on vaccine access, while likening the idea of vaccine passports to slave papers and birtherism.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2021
• While some of his opinions may be questionable — Trump certainly promoted birtherism but didn't invent it — what in his laundry list is false?
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
• The acting mayor of Boston compared the idea of Covid-19 vaccination passports to slavery-era freedom papers and birtherism.
  — NBC News, 5 Aug. 2021
• With birtherism--as is often the case--the more sophisticated arguments tend to be doubt mongering arguments.
  — Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2011
• Trump's claims, commonly known as birtherism, have been repeatedly debunked.
  — NBC News, 5 Aug. 2021
• Trump built his political career on the back of the racist lie of birtherism — the false claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States — and his business and political lives have long featured racial rhetoric and inflammatory actions.
  — Jonathan Lemire, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• In 2011, Trump became an evangelist for birtherism, the false assertion that Obama had been born in Kenya and was therefore an illegitimate President.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
• Newsweek is defending an op-ed that has faced accusations of pushing the birtherism narrative against Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024