If one wants to see a case of buffoonery, then one only needs to look at the strange case of Joe Arpaio.
The disgraced sheriff and his henchman Mike Zullo are determined to go down in history as two of the biggest buffoons of the birther hoax.
Although the hoax was started in 2008 by one of Hillary Clinton’s supporters, it was picked up and ran with by the lunatic fringe of the political Right, with Arpaio being one of its ardent supporters.
From the Los Angeles Times: “Even as most celebrities and politicians — including President-elect Donald Trump — have abandoned the thoroughly debunked idea that Obama was born somewhere other than the U.S., Arpaio has only dug in harder, with Zullo at his side.”
Why would Arpaio keep the hoax alive?
On 12/15/16, Arpaio double down on his foolishness by holding a press conference, during which he repeated his claim that President Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate is fake.
Of course his claims aren’t being taken seriously by anyone other than die-hard birthers. President Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate was authenticated by people who have the expertise needed to determine the authenticity.
John Woodman, by the way, is a registered Republican.
From a 2009 ABC News story:
The testimony of those Republican Hawaii government officials should have ended the birther hoax right then.
Even Donald Trump has finally admitted that President Obama was born in the USA, but the birthers never will. Their hatred for President Obama won’t let them.
How sad.
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