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COMMERCE, Mich. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney raised the discredited rumor that President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States and thus ineligible to be president, jokingly declaring ‘‘<span style="font-weight: bold">no one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate</span>’’ as he campaigned Friday near his own Michigan birthplace.
The remark, which aides insisted wasn’t meant to validate the ‘‘birther’’ claim, raised an unwanted distraction for Romney in his last few days of campaigning before the Republican National Convention begins Monday. It came a day after Romney caused another stir by declaring that big business was ‘‘doing fine’’ in the current struggling economy in part because companies get advantages from offshore tax havens.
Romney made his birth certificate remark at a large outdoor rally in Michigan, where he grew up and where his father, George Romney, served as governor. He was joined onstage by his wife, Ann, and running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.
Romney told supporters that he and Ann had been born at nearby hospitals.
‘‘No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised,’’ Romney said.
The crowd of more than 7,000 responded with hearty laughter.
But Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt swiftly denounced the remark, saying Romney ‘‘embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them.’’
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COMMERCE, Mich. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney raised the discredited rumor that President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States and thus ineligible to be president, jokingly declaring ‘‘<span style="font-weight: bold">no one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate</span>’’ as he campaigned Friday near his own Michigan birthplace.
The remark, which aides insisted wasn’t meant to validate the ‘‘birther’’ claim, raised an unwanted distraction for Romney in his last few days of campaigning before the Republican National Convention begins Monday. It came a day after Romney caused another stir by declaring that big business was ‘‘doing fine’’ in the current struggling economy in part because companies get advantages from offshore tax havens.
Romney made his birth certificate remark at a large outdoor rally in Michigan, where he grew up and where his father, George Romney, served as governor. He was joined onstage by his wife, Ann, and running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.
Romney told supporters that he and Ann had been born at nearby hospitals.
‘‘No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised,’’ Romney said.
The crowd of more than 7,000 responded with hearty laughter.
But Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt swiftly denounced the remark, saying Romney ‘‘embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them.’’
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