Rep. Bill Posey, R-Florida, introduced a bill this Thursday requiring presidential candidates to produce a copy of their birth certificate. Posey wants the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to be amended to include the birth certificate requirement.
Democrats responded by accusing Posey of implying that President Obama is not really eligible to be in the White House. During the 2008 election, some Republican pundits questioned Obama's eligibility for the White House, even though Obama produced a Hawaiian birth certificate.
Posey, however, claims he's not attacking the current president.
"Opponents of President Bush used the 2000 election results and the court decisions to question the legitimacy of President Bush to serve as President," Posey said in a statement. "Opponents of President Obama are raising the birth certificate issue as a means of questioning his eligibility to serve as president. Neither of these situations are healthy for our Republic."
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