Mitt Romney Cracks A Birther Joke: No One's Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate ...

Mitt Romney Cracks A Birther Joke: No One’s Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate …

Source: Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post

Mitt Romney made a joke about his birth certificate at a rally in Commerce, Mich. on Friday.

Speaking about his Michigan roots, he said, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”

The joke was received with hearty applause by the audience. Still, it was an awkward moment for the candidate to play on the birther conspiracies that have plagued Barack Obama since he ran for president in 2008, even after the president released his “long-form” birth certificate in 2011.

The Obama campaign quickly responded, with spokesman Ben LaBolt saying that Romney was embracing the most extreme elements in the conservative movement.

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