Vita Huset släpper Obamas fullständiga födelsecertifikat

För att få slut på birther-konspirationsteorierna - som blåsts upp inte minst av Donald Trump - så släppte Vita Huset i morse president Obamas fullständiga födelsecertifikat. Vilket inte betytt att han dolt något tidigare - däremot redogjorde han på sin presidentkampanj 2008 den form av födelsecertifikat som delstaten Hawaii utfärdar. Nu - efter ansökan hos Hawaiis - myndigheter har hans fullständiga uppgifter släppts.

Vita Husets presstalesman Dan Pfeiffer släppte följande meddelande:

In 2008, in response to media inquiries, the President’s campaign requested his birth certificate from the state of Hawaii. The state sent the campaign the President’s birth certificate, the same legal documentation provided to all Hawaiians as proof of birth in state, and the campaign immediately posted it on the internet. That birth certificate can be seen here (PDF).

When any citizen born in Hawaii requests their birth certificate, they receive exactly what the President received. In fact, the document posted on the campaign website is what Hawaiians use to get a driver’s license from the state and the document recognized by the Federal Government and the courts for all legal purposes. That’s because it is the birth certificate. This is not and should not be an open question.

The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country. It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country. Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting. President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate can be seen here (PDF).

At a time of great consequence for this country – when we should be debating how we win the future, reduce our deficit, deal with high gas prices, and bring stability to the Middle East, Washington, DC, was once again distracted by a fake issue. The President’s hope is that with this step, we can move on to debating the bigger issues that matter to the American people and the future of the country.

Födelsecertifikatet kan alltså beskådas på Vita Husets hemsida på länken ovan. Det här borde innebära att detta kapitel avslutas. Vilket kommer att göra alla - med Donald Trump som möjligt undantag - nöjda och belåtna. Birther-konspirationen, likt truth-rörelsen (de som menar att Bush sprängde WTC) är båda lika vilseledande, men måste tas på allvar. Att Vita Huset nu gör det är positivt.

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