variants
or less commonly Birther
plural birthers also Birthers
: a person who adheres to birtherism
: of or relating to birthers or birtherism
birther beliefs
the birther movement
Examples of birther in a Sentence
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David Agren, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
To what extent did women and birthers believed these forces shaped their births and pregnancies.
—Allison Yarrow, ELLE, 24 July 2023
The Rise and Life of a True African Scholar Reuters, April 13, Fact Check-Obama’s father’s passport circulates online and reignites ‘birther’ conspiracy Thank you for supporting our journalism.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
The body knows what to do, and interventions—like electronic monitoring, vaginal exams, labor induction, episiotomy, and epidurals—impede birth from unfolding as nature intends, a free birther would argue.
—Rebecca Grant, Marie Claire, 9 June 2021
Every last one of @realdonaldtrump’s 47,000 tweets vanished from the site in an instant, from the birther lies and election conspiracy theories to the 2016 taco bowl tweet.
—Michael Luca, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021
The thinking seems to be that one conspiracy theory engenders another, so that one conspiracist (a birther) will generate new conspiracies (Bin Laden isn't dead!).
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2011
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
Trump's birther accusations — against both Obama and Harris — suggested his Democratic opponents as foreign to America in spirit, if not in constitutional truth.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 25 Apr. 2022
To understand why some Black men would be drawn to a president who has expressed racist sentiments, stoked white grievances for political gain and was the political face of the birther lie against America’s first Black president, is to grapple with the complexity of the Black experience.
—Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2020
But as Obama’s presidency moved forward, a birther movement largely sponsored and fueled by Donald Trump gathered national attention.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2020
No, Clinton didn't start the birther thing.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2011
In the birther lie Trump promoted before his presidency, Barack Obama was an outsider.
—Calvin Woodward, Ellen Knickmeyer and David Rising, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
So yes: Duckworth would've faced birther accusations from Republicans.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 25 Apr. 2022
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Noun
As Mexico is roiled by a 'birther' crisis, 'Claudia the Mexican' fights back
Mexico’s rapid progress on gender equality is rooted in its transition from an authoritarian state to a multiparty democracy.
—David Agren, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
To what extent did women and birthers believed these forces shaped their births and pregnancies.
—Allison Yarrow, ELLE, 24 July 2023
The Rise and Life of a True African Scholar Reuters, April 13, Fact Check-Obama’s father’s passport circulates online and reignites ‘birther’ conspiracy Thank you for supporting our journalism.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
The body knows what to do, and interventions—like electronic monitoring, vaginal exams, labor induction, episiotomy, and epidurals—impede birth from unfolding as nature intends, a free birther would argue.
—Rebecca Grant, Marie Claire, 9 June 2021
Every last one of @realdonaldtrump’s 47,000 tweets vanished from the site in an instant, from the birther lies and election conspiracy theories to the 2016 taco bowl tweet.
—Michael Luca, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021
The thinking seems to be that one conspiracy theory engenders another, so that one conspiracist (a birther) will generate new conspiracies (Bin Laden isn't dead!).
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2011
Adjective
Donald Trump, the front-runner in the Republican Party, helped push this birther movement for years, including well into his presidency.
—Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
Trump's birther accusations — against both Obama and Harris — suggested his Democratic opponents as foreign to America in spirit, if not in constitutional truth.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 25 Apr. 2022
To understand why some Black men would be drawn to a president who has expressed racist sentiments, stoked white grievances for political gain and was the political face of the birther lie against America’s first Black president, is to grapple with the complexity of the Black experience.
—Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2020
But as Obama’s presidency moved forward, a birther movement largely sponsored and fueled by Donald Trump gathered national attention.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2020
No, Clinton didn't start the birther thing.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2011
In the birther lie Trump promoted before his presidency, Barack Obama was an outsider.
—Calvin Woodward, Ellen Knickmeyer and David Rising, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
So yes: Duckworth would've faced birther accusations from Republicans.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 25 Apr. 2022
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